An account of several late voyages and discoveries

I ~ 8 The (Qurt h ([\trt of tl,c Vo)',?¿e and have in the middle a longifli ho11oworgur. ter, which feeleth foft; on thc Brim thev are ' adorned with Scales that lyc one ovcr the othei: : no otherwife than if thcy were a row of Coral" bue underneath thc Scales are twificd, and have in the middle forwards fmall black Strokes 1 but the Scales lye ovcr one anothcr likc un:o 1 thc Plaits of thc Cran,fifb : Bcíictc~, wht:n: di~ Lcgs come out of tl1e Hody, they tprcad thcm. fclves douhlc into Twig:,, and are, ~s is faid befare, hol1ow in thc middle, uauil thc place where they divide rhemteh'cs imo ÍC\'era! Branches, and fo grow llcnderer b~· degrccs. The undermofi fiuaH Urc:> nehes are fcalcy ali rouod, but not rwiíled like Ropes ; thcy are fharp poioted on thcir ends likc un:u thc· Fea of a Spider, \\•hcreforc the Seam,:··n <..~ll thcm Sca-fpidcrs. \Vhen thcy fwim in lhc Water thcy hold thei1· Legs togcrher, ami fo the7 row a !ong. I had onc of t!ii~ fon: r lut wa1 a fp:rn long, from r.hc cxtremity of o::::: Fo~: toth::orhcr; butthis I havcdclim:ntcll isicf:. Thc higgcíl: are the handfomc.ít fo;_· colour.' Thev dyefoon alcer they are out of rhe W.!m, aad \vhcn thcy are a dying thcy bend thcir Lcgs towards the Mouth. . 'fhc Iloc!r, _whtn it is dead, foon brcaks to p1cccs, wfm:h 1s th! reafon that I could not kccp thc grcJt onc~ Sce Tab. P, at e. /{onád:·t101:1, in his ilJO!i, of Filh, hath dciineaccd onc of thc fa:nc fi\,~ but th:s is not thc famc fpecics, lor l::s : 1 black; ncithcr do I find thc Plaits in !::,, e\· c:.::1¡ hr! that dre::w lt did not obfcr-.· ~· t hc:il, .. !::=.:me