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There is a fish covered with large thorns:—when 
the back and head is stripped of the skin and flesh, 
it resembles a human scull; the natives call it a 
sea-devil. 
The sea-boar is almost as large as an ox; it has no 
scales, but it is covered with hair : it has an opening 
upon the head, and a dorsal fin. It has also feet like 
those of a crocodile, small eyes, about fifty teeth on 
each side of the mouth, each as large as the finger; 
its hairy tail terminates in a point, and is about six 
feet long. 
There are three kinds of sea-tortoises, of an enor¬ 
mous size. 
Black, white, and red coral is found in abundance, 
and they are covered with sea-shells of every variety 
of shape, and the most beautiful colours. The 
excrescences on these coral rocks, form the most gro¬ 
tesque and singular appearance; and the corallines 
resemble the different trees and plants that grow on 
land. 
