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From type drawing in A. Smilh's III. Zool. S. Africa 



This representation of the whal. shark iRhinodon lypicus) gives a good idea of its form and markings but not of its 

 size LitTthe largest of all existing fishes, attaining a length of from fifty to seventy feet It .s the trop.cal counter- 

 Zrt o7the basking shark feeding upon small fishes and other marine creatures which it strams from the water w.th its 

 S rake s ut harmless to man unless attacked and then chiefly dangerous for its power in towing or overturn.ng a boat 



I'holu oj casL in American Museum oj Natural History 



page 347 for description of tlirasher) 



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