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SQUALUS I. Rqft 



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ufpidato piano utrin-1 The Saw-fifh; commonly 



Priftis Jive ferra Cluf. 



que dentato Art. Syn. 93 



Will 



B. 9. f. 5 



called the Sword-fi(h 



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This creature feldom comes near the fhore, tho* frequent enough in the open 

 feas, where it meets with abundance of prey. It is faid to join frequently with the 



Thremer (a) y to attack the Gramp 



d many, who pretend to have feen the 



act thus together, fay that the Sword-fifh keeps under the Whale, and endeavc 

 to wound him in the belly, while the other attacks above, and ftrikes it with 

 monftrous armed tail. 



SQUALUS 2. Capite deprejfo fubacuto, dentibus lanceohth fe 



ratis [ex ordinibus difpqfitis, pupilld longio 



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angufld. 

 Squalus dorfo piano, &c. Art. Sy 



The Shark 



Canis carcarias fp 



This is one of the moft 



Will, app 



& Gron. Muf. Icht 

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inhabitants of the fea. and feldom 



any 



thing that comes in its way, let its nature or form be .what it will. The pupil of 

 the eye, in this creature, is Ioj 



g and narrow, 



like that of a cat and 



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which renders its fight not fo ready in the water: but whatever may be wanting in 

 this refpect is fupplied by thofe fmall oblong, clouded fifhes called pilofes, that attend 



flantly wherever it goes, and direct its motions on all fides 



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obferved 



thefe fmall guides wait on fome of thofe fifties (when hooked) to the very fide of 

 the {hip, and remain about the vefiel for days after, but I could never take any of 

 them ; they are faid to run in and out of the Shark's ftomach when they pleafe : Cre- 

 dat qui vult. The young Sharks are much efteemed by the negroes. 



The mouth of thefe monfters, when full grown (and then they are nineteen feet 



fix 



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of 



better in length) is very large, and each jaw befet wi 

 lated and ferrated teeth, which rife gradually upright, from under the gums, as they 

 grow old j but thofe of the upper jaw are narrow and pointed. The fore part of the 

 head of this fifth ftretches a good way beyond the under jaw, which, when its motion 

 is fwift, frequently obliges it to turn upon its back to catch its prey moreeafily. The 

 fkin is rough and hard, and ferves to fcrape and polifh all forts of hard wood. 



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SQUALUS 3. Dorfo bipinni, utraque acuho major 



Muftelus fp 



pinms ant geminis 



Will 



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B. 5. f. 





The Dog-fifh. 



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The eyes of this fifh perfectly refemble thofe of the common Shark, and the 



teeth are equally fi 



their make. The whole fifh feldom exceeds three feet 



and a half in length, and, like moft of th 



tribe, is viviparous, its young being 



(lied by large eggs in the womb, from each of which a vafcular cord 



the bread; of the correfponding foetus, as in embryo-chicken. This is commonly 



found in the ch 



and feldom 



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far as Jamaica 









SQUALUS 4 



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Capite tranfuerfo mallei inflar 1 _ ... , , , . 

 Art. Syn. 96. & Gron. M. Icht. i l he IJievii noled bh ^' 



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his fimy monfter is like the fecond fpecies in nature, fize and make 5 but the 



head is broad and thin, 

 eyes and noftrils are placed 



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ftretches out on both fides, in which expanfions both 





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