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and at Tenby, being also a native of the Mediterranean Sea, 

 has been long known, and is figured in the works of Belon, 

 Rondelet, and Salviamis, as already quoted. The figure at 

 the head of this article is taken from the Fauna Italica of 

 the Prince of Canino. Its greatest singularity consists in the 

 extraordinary form of the head ; but its habits, as far as they 

 are known, afford no physiological illustration of this very 

 remarkable structure. In other respects it is very like the 

 Sharks in general. This species is said to be ferocious, to 

 frequent deep water, and measures from seven to eight feet in 

 length. Baron Cuvier states that it has been known to attain 

 the length of twelve feet. The female produces many young- 

 ones, which are of considerable size at the end of autumn. 

 In some countries the flesh of several species of Sharks is 

 eaten, but that of the Hammer-headed Shark is said to be not 

 only hard, but very unpleasant both in smell and flavour. 



The head of this Shark, representations of the upper and 

 under surface of which, on a small scale, are given below, 

 measured from one eye to the other, is very large and wide ; 

 the eyes are furnished with eye-lids, which arise from the 

 internal part of the orbits, the iricles are golden yellow, the 



