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of the same kind, caught in a neighbouring island (by throw- 

 ing the running noose of a rope over the pectoral fins, and 

 playing it), which measured twenty-eight feet, out of the 

 liver of which they had twelve barrels. 



The flesh looked partly like beef and partly like turbo t ; it 

 was cut in pieces, and much of it eaten by the poor people. 

 The colour of the whole fish was black, something lighter 

 and inclining to dusky white on the belly. 



Some of the sea-faring people called it Sun-fish, others 

 Carfin ; in Orkney it is called Hoe-Mother, or Homer, i. e. 

 the mother of the dog-fish. 



I suppose it is the same with what is described in the Bri- 

 tish Zoology under the title of Basking-Shark, though it is 

 there placed in the division of sharks without the anal fin ; 

 however, Mr Pennant tells us in the appendix, p. 342, this 

 might have been overlooked. The above had it as described, 

 Avhich has induced me to remove it from that section of sharks, 

 and place it at the head of those which frequent our seas, and 

 have the anal fin. 



Species 3. — The White Shark 



White Shark, Wil. Icth. 47. Rail Syn, Pise. 18. Squalus Carcharias, Lin. 

 Sys. 400. Sib. Scot. 23. Brit. Zool. 82. 



It never came in my way to see or examine this fish, but 

 am credibly informed it is found in the seas round these isles. 



