24G THE NATURAL HISTORY OF 



early mackerel are frequently accompanied by a few red multes (the sal- 

 monet of the Mediterranean) ; and whenever these nearly, if not altogether, 

 equal the mackerel in number, the circumstance is generally the presage 

 of the approach of great shoals of mackerel. The season for mackerel ge- 

 nerally terminates at Hastings about the end of June or the beginning of 

 July, although many have been caught in the middle and latter end of 

 September, corresponding in appearance with those which appear off 

 this place about the commencement of spring ; and, as these are taken on 

 the west side of the nets, it is concluded they are on their return to deep 

 water in the German Ocean, leaving however some stragglers behind, 

 which have been met with in the Channel the whole year. 



ORDER.— ABDOMINALES. 

 GENUS.— SQUALUS. 



SPECIES. 



SQUALUS G ROE N LAN DIC US,* 



OR 



GREENLAND SHARK. 



Until this animal (the Squalus Greenland icus) was no- 

 ticed by Captain Scoresby, it had not been correctly de- 

 scribed. This gentleman states it to be about twelve or 

 fourteen feet in length, sometimes more, and from six to 

 eight feet in circumference. The liver is very large, oily, 

 and will fill a barrel. In its general form, it bears consi- 



* Synonymes — The Squalus Maximus. Linn^vs. Squalus Boreafis. 

 Sconr.snv. Squalm Groenlandictts rel Arcticus. Dewhurst. 



