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Notorynchiis cepedianus, 193 

 NotoryncJnis viaciilatum, 293 

 Nova Scotia, 21, 51, 53, 249, 258, 261, 300, 



309, 336 

 "Numbfish," 247 

 "Nursehound," 166 

 Nurseries, Shark, 18 

 Nurse Shark, 39, 40, 42, 131, 162, 174, 198, 



223, 231, 235, 236, 244, 310, 363 

 Atlantic, 310 

 Blue, 297 



Oahu (Hawaii), 117 



''Obeah;' 84 



Ocean City (N. J.), 20 



Ocean Grove (N. J.), 5 



Ocean Leather Company, 67, 71, 76, 196 



O'Connor, P. Fitzgerald, 181, 305 



Oelrichs, Herman, 2, 17 



Office of Naval Research, 44, 121, 129 



Ohio, 206 



Oil from sharks, 170, 173, 175, 180, 181, 



182, 184, 187, 191, 193, 194, 198, 350, 



351 

 Oil Shark, 338 

 Olaus Magnus, 142, 282 

 Olson, John, 153 

 Oman, Gulf of, 173, 345 

 One-Finned Shark, 293 

 O'Neill, Shirley, 43 

 Orchard Beach (N. Y.), 20 

 Orectolobidae, 244, 320 

 Orectolobiis ?nacidatiis, 311, 312 

 Oregon, 190, 272, 323 

 Orme, Dr. W. B., 42 

 Ort, Alexander, 1 

 Oshiba, Prof. Mamoru, 375 

 Otohaa. 191 



Ouse, River (Bedford, England), 255 

 Ox Ray, 278 

 Oxynotus bnmiensis, 353 

 Oyster Bay (L. I.), 15 

 Oyster Crusher Shark, 358 

 Oysters, 52, 272 



Pacific Grove (Cal.), 34, 36, 43 



Pacific Horned Shark, 358 



Pacific Ocean, The, 32. 58, 79, 101, 162, 

 171, 189, 211, 250, 271, 273, 280, 293, 

 309, 318, 325, 327, 329, 330, 336, 350, 

 356, 357 



Pacific Sharp-Nosed Shark, 342 



Padre Island (Texas), 45 

 Palm Beach (Fla.), 93 

 Palmer, Dr. Arthur, 155 

 Pamperin, Robert, 22 

 Panama, 220, 272, 281, 312 

 Panama City (Fla.), 56, 74 

 Papua, 91, 142, 344 

 Paraguay, 266, 342 

 Parasites (of selachians), 279 

 Parintins (Brazil), 284 

 Parker, Dr. George, 228 

 Parker, Dr. H. W., 305 

 Parramatta River (Australia), 51 

 Pascagoula River (Miss.), 342 

 Patalung River (Thailand), 342 

 Pawley's Island (S. C), 29 

 Pearl divers, 52, 145 

 Pearl Harbor, 63, 139, 184 

 Pearl Ray, 194 

 Pennant, Thomas, 147 

 Penny Dog Shark, 339 



Pensacola (Fla.), 331, 336 



Pens (shark), 140 



Perak River (Malaya), 342 



Permian Period, The, 207 



Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil), 153 



Perry, Comm. Matthew C, 149 



Persian Gulf, The, 58, 95, 173, 339, 345 



Peru, 17, 286, 308, 327 



"Petrified pups," 199 



Fetroviyzon ?narinus, 306 



Petronius, 177 



Philippines, The, 33, 58, 173, 275, 287, 315, 

 317, 334, 347, 357 



Pig Shark, 358 



Piked Dogfish, 166, 177, 225, 350, 353 



Pilot Fish, 279, 359, 361 



Pindimar (Australia), 80 



Placida, (Fla.), 44 



Plato, 178 



Pleuracanthus, 208 



Pliny, 191, 266, 268, 359 



Pliotrema, 213, 287 



Fliotrema warreni, 287 



"Plowfish," 281 



Plymouth Aquarium (England), 250 



Point Cloates Whaling Station (W. Aus- 

 tralia), 129 



Pointer, White, (Great White), 24, 101, 

 298 



Point Pleasant (N. J.), 4, 19 



Poisonous sharks, 162, 355 



