THE THUNNY FISHERY
... tilE TIIMtNNr FSIIER2r. [FROM TiHE NAVAL CHRONICLE.] Thunny, in icthyology, is a name given by us to a large-fishl, the Spanish mackrel, called by some au- thors illynnus, arid arcynius; but by A ristotle ]Elian, and other old writers, petamiys ; the p2earnid of the modern Greeks; the scombertzhynnus of Linne. It is specifically described by Artedi as of the scomber kind, having eight or nine ...