72. There is also the sea-boar and the cremys. Aristotle, in his treatise on Animals, says, "But some fish have no teeth and smooth skins, like the needle-fish; and some have stony heads, like the cremys; and some are harsher, with rough skins, like the sea-boar; and some are marked down the back with two lines, like the seserinus; and some are marked with many lines and with red spots, like the salpe." And both Dorion and Epænatus mention the sea-boar; and Archestratus says— But when you go to Acta's favour'd land, If you by chance should see a rich sea-boar, Buy it at once, and let it not escape you, Not if you buy it at its weight in gold; Else will the indignation of the gods O'erpower you; for 'tis the flower of nectar. But 'tis not all men who can be allow'd To eat this dainty, no, nor e'en to see it; Unless they take a strongly-woven mesh Of marsh-bred rush, and hold it in their hands, Well used to ply the floats with rapid mind. And with these dainties you must offer up, Thrown on the ground, some gifts of lamb and mutton. 73. There is also the harp-fish. Aristotle, in his treatise on Animals, or on Fish, says, "The harp-fish has serrated teeth, is a fish of solitary habits, he lives on seaweed; he has a very loose tongue, and a white and broad heart." Pherecrates, in his Slave-Tutor, says— The harp-fish is a good fish; be you sure To buy him when you can. He really is good; But, I by Phœbus swear, this does perplex me Exceedingly which men do say, my friend, That there is secret harm within this harp-fish. Epicharmus says, in his Marriage of Hebe— There were hyænides, And fine buglossi, and the harp-fish too. And Apollodorus has said that, on account of his name, he was considered to be sacred to Apollo. And Callias, or Diocles, whichever was the author of the play, says in the Cyclops— A roasted harp-fish, and a ray, And the head of a well-fed tunny. And Archestratus, in his Luxurious Way of Living, says— I counsel you always to boil a harp-fish If he is white and full of firmish meat; But if he's red and also no great size, Then it were best, when you have prick'd him o'er With a new-sharpen'd knife, to roast him gently. Sprinkle him then with oil and plenteous cheese, For he does like to see men liberal, And is himself intemperate. 74. There is also the cordylus. Aristotle calls this fish an amphibious animal, and says that it dies if it is dried by the sun. But Numenius, in his book on the Art of Fishing, calls it the courylus:— All things are ready. First I strip the thighs Of courylus, or pirene, and treat too In the same way the marine grasshopper. He also speaks of the fish called the cordylis, in these lines— Mussels, sea-horses, or the sea-green cordylis. 75. There is also a fish called cammorus. Epicharmus, in his Marriage of Hebe, says—