n 4 OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



board. They were generally firfl and lad an 

 fuch an occafion. 



May the 21ft, 35* 15' S. L. 



We caught a fort of dog-fifli to-day, which 

 I have often heard of : it was by far larger 

 than any of this kind we had feen till then : 

 its colour was grey, like fteel, and white 

 below. 



This Sqiialus catulus, Linn, or lefs dog-fhli, 

 had the following characters : 



The body without the tail is eight feet long : 

 the colour of the back is grey, like lead, and 

 that of the belly white, without fpots : the 

 mouth is thin, oblong, and near it are two 

 fmall noftrils : below the head it has feveral 

 fmall apertures: the teeth (land alternately, 

 and their edges are {lightly indented : the up- 

 per jaw is the longed: the teeth in the firfl 

 row are (height, like thofe of the above de- 

 fcribed dog-fifli (Squalus ca?iicu!a), but they 

 are more lharp pointed, and larger below : 

 the teeth of the fecond and third rows are 

 bent : the eyes are black, (hining, and quite 

 covered with a white fkin, as foon as the fifh is 



dead: 



