[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.
[62] It is depicted in Plate XIV.
[63] Jones’s _Animal Kingdom_, p. 90.
[64] This species, together with the following, is represented on Plate
XV.; the latter coiled among the stones, and preparing to attack a
_Serpula_.
[65] _Glaucus_, p. 103.