. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . and the crown of the head arebefet with formidable fpines, by the flrokc of whichthis fmall fifh can infiift a painful wound f. The whole afpe£t of this fifli is threatening ; and as itknows the ufe of its defenfive weapons, it can increafcthe terror of its enemies, by fwelling the opercula ofthe gills and the cheeks to an enormous fize. It feemsto have been long well known in the Mediterranean^though not for its peaceable and innoxious habits 5 for it3S thus charadlerifed by the poet: Et capitis dure nociturus fc
. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . and the crown of the head arebefet with formidable fpines, by the flrokc of whichthis fmall fifh can infiift a painful wound f. The whole afpe£t of this fifli is threatening ; and as itknows the ufe of its defenfive weapons, it can increafcthe terror of its enemies, by fwelling the opercula ofthe gills and the cheeks to an enormous fize. It feemsto have been long well known in the Mediterranean^though not for its peaceable and innoxious habits 5 for it3S thus charadlerifed by the poet: Et capitis dure nociturus fcorpius I£lu. The fcorpion threatening wounds with its bony head. The * Cottus Scorpius, Lin. Syft, Father Lalhrr, Will,t Wilbunh. p. TiS. aoS FATHER LASHEl?. The American fpecles is exactly fitnilar to our own,and is frequent in the Newfoundland feas, where it is call-ed fcolping. It abounds alfo on the coafl of Greenland^where it is caught in deep water off thefe bold fliores,and conilitutes a very palatable diin to the natives |. \ Erit. Zcol. Clefs iv. Gen. az. riate XX. \ FATHER I^ASHER
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