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Page xi
... deep tomb , with many a fhining fold , An azure ferpent rofe , in fcales that flam'd with gold : Like heaven's bright bow his varying beauties fhone That draws a thousand colors from the fun : Pleas'd round the altars and the tomb to ...
... deep tomb , with many a fhining fold , An azure ferpent rofe , in fcales that flam'd with gold : Like heaven's bright bow his varying beauties fhone That draws a thousand colors from the fun : Pleas'd round the altars and the tomb to ...
Page 80
... deep leaden ; the belly white . The skin was rough , like fhagreen , but lefs so on the belly than the back . Within fide the mouth , towards the throat , was a very fhort fort of whalebone . The liver was of a great fize , but that of ...
... deep leaden ; the belly white . The skin was rough , like fhagreen , but lefs so on the belly than the back . Within fide the mouth , towards the throat , was a very fhort fort of whalebone . The liver was of a great fize , but that of ...
Page 90
... deep , but extremely flender , just at the setting on of the tail . The first back fin is placed almost in the middle , the other pretty near the tail . The belly very deep : the ventral and anal fins fmall . The tail bifurcated ; the ...
... deep , but extremely flender , just at the setting on of the tail . The first back fin is placed almost in the middle , the other pretty near the tail . The belly very deep : the ventral and anal fins fmall . The tail bifurcated ; the ...
Page 100
... deep body , and as if cut off in the middle . Mouth fmall . Two teeth only in each jaw . SUN - FISH . I. The OBLONG SUN - FISH , Sun - Fish from Mount's - Bay . Borlafe Cornwall , 268. tab . 26. fig . 7 . Oftracion lævis . Gronov ...
... deep body , and as if cut off in the middle . Mouth fmall . Two teeth only in each jaw . SUN - FISH . I. The OBLONG SUN - FISH , Sun - Fish from Mount's - Bay . Borlafe Cornwall , 268. tab . 26. fig . 7 . Oftracion lævis . Gronov ...
Page 101
... deep fish Defer . cut off in the middle . The mouth is very small , and contains in each jaw two broad teeth , with sharp edges . The eyes are little ; before each is a small femi- lunar aperture ; the pectoral fins very small , and ...
... deep fish Defer . cut off in the middle . The mouth is very small , and contains in each jaw two broad teeth , with sharp edges . The eyes are little ; before each is a small femi- lunar aperture ; the pectoral fins very small , and ...
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alfo almoſt alſo anal fin antients Arift Arted belly Belon black ſpots BLENNY body branchioftegous rays coafts color Cyprinus Defcr deſcribed dorfo dorſal fin duſky eſteemed eyes falmon fame Faun fays fcales fecond feet feven fharp fides fifh filvery fin confifts firft firſt firſt dorſal fin fiſh fiſhermen fize flender fmall foft fome fometimes fpecies fpines fpotted fuch fuec fyft fynon Gefner pifc Genus gills Gronov Halieut head Hift Icth inches irides itſelf laft largeſt laſt lateral line length Linnæus maxilla moſt mouth muſt nofe noſe numbers obferved Oppian pectoral fins pinna placed Plinii lib Pliny pounds Raii fyn reſemblance reſpect river Rondel Salvian ſcales Schonevelde ſeaſon ſeen ſeven ſharp ſhort ſkin ſmall ſmooth ſome ſpawn ſpecies ſpines ſpiny ſtrong Syft Synon tail taken teeth themſelves theſe Theſe fiſh thofe thoſe toad uſed vaft ventral fins whale yellow Zooph