no LONG-TAILED SHARK. Class IV. 



The fkin is fmoother than that of other fharks : 

 the back is of a fine blue color; the belly of a 

 filvery white. 



Linnaeus fays, that its teeth are granulated \ for 

 our part we muft confefs it is a fifli that has not 

 come under our examination, therefore hope to 

 be favored with an accurate defcription from fome 

 naturalift, who lives on the coaft it haunts. 



We may add, that Rondeletius fays he was an 

 eye-witnefs to its fondnefs for human fiefh: that 

 thefe fifti are lefs deftructive in our feas, is owing 

 to the coolnefs of the climate, which is well known 

 ro abate the flercenefs of fome, as well as the 

 venom of other animals. 



44. Long- AXw'zrfif ? Arift»HiJl. an. Lib. Cercus Caii opufc. no. 



tailed. IX. c. 37. JElian Var. Sea Fox, or Ape. Wil. Iclb, 



Hift. Lib. I. c. 5. 54. Rail fyn. pifc. 20. 



Oppian Halieut, I. 381. III. Squalus Cauda longiore quam 



144. ipfum corpus. Arted. fyn, 



Vulpes Plinit Lib. IX. c. 43. 96. 



Singe de mer. Belon, 88. Sea Fox. Threfher. Borla/e 



Vulpes marina. Rondel. 337. Cornwall. 265. 

 Gefner pifc. 1 045. 



Tail, 'TpHIS fifh is moft remarkable for the great 



"*" length of the tail : the whole meafure of that 



we had an opportunity of examining, was thirteen 



feet> of which the tail alone was more than fix, 



the 



