"Mugil" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... echinidae of various species, large-spined and small-spined, the latter white as well as dull-red, were preserved in spirits.[EN104] Amongst the excellent fish, the Marjn (a Scina) the Sultan el-Bahr, the Palamita (Scomber), the Makli (red mullets, Mugil cephalus), and the Bri, were monstrous animals, with big eyes and long beaks like woodcocks; some of these were garnished with rows of ridiculously big teeth. I failed to procure live specimens of small turtle, and yet the huts were full of carapaces, all ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton |
