The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Paul Smith ( - )

References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

A Flying-Fish, the Hirundo of Bellonius, their long Fins enable them to fly 200 Paces, when pursued by the Dolphins, Boneto's, &c. They seem to be a Kind of Herrings, as a Learned and Ingenious Author, who calls it therefore, Harengus alatus, informs us (h)(h) Dr. Sloane's Voyage to Jamaica, p. 27.. Don. Jab. Cay M. D. The Head of a Fish from Holland, of the same Form with the Serpens Marinus of Dr. Sloane (i)(i) Idem, Tab. 1. Fig. 2. , the under Jaw is longer than the upper; in both are many sharp Teeth. Don. Sam. Cookson Merc. Leod. Four Gore-Fishes, near two Foot long. Don. Pauli Smith Civis Lond. They (as also the former) seem to be the Acus major of Bellonious. Sesquipedales in Oceano capiuntur duorum pollicum crassitudine, quamvis tenuibus obseptas (k)(k) De Aquat. p. 163. .