[56] Rhombus punctatus, delineated at the right-hand side of Plate [XII.], adhering to a flat stone.
[57] Ammodytes lancea, for which see the centre of Plate [XII.]
[58] Trachinus vipera, represented by the lower figure in Plate [XIII.]
[59] So old Drayton, in his “Polyolbion” sings, quaintly enough, and with a noble defiance of grammar:—
“The Weever, which, although his prickles venom be,
By fishers cut away, which buyers seldom see,
Yet for the fish he bears, ’tis not accounted bad.”
[60] Since the above was written, the question has been set at rest, by Dr. Günther’s and Mr. Byerley’s actual discovery of poison-glands in connexion with these spines.
[61] Gasterosteus spinachia, represented by the upper figure in Plate [XIII.]