310 CARTILAGINEI. — SQUALID^. 



{Scyllium catulus, Linn.), here represented, is 

 tlie handsomer and the larger. It attains a length 

 of three feet ; is of a brownish grey hue on the 

 upper parts, and whitish beneath; the whole 

 elegantly studded with large round spots of black, 

 or deep brown. 



SPOTTED DOG-FISH. 



The Dog-fishes are excessively voracious, and, 

 in the pursuit of prey, seem at times quite fearless 

 of man. They follow vessels with eagerness, 

 seizing everything eatable that is thrown over- 

 board ; they have even been known to dart at 

 fishermen, and at persons bathing in the sea ; 

 though their comparatively small mouths, and 

 their weakness, prevent their ability to inflict 

 serious mischief in this way. They are, however, 

 hated by the fishermen on account of the depre- 

 dations they commit on more valuable fishes than 

 themselves, great quantities of which they devour, 

 when taken in the nets. The Dog-fish itself is 

 often captured both by the net, and by the hook ; 

 but is perfectly valueless when caught ; except 

 for the trivial use that is made of the skin in 

 polishing. 



" On the coasts about Scarborough, where the 

 Haddocks, Cod, and Dog-fish, are in great abun- 



