492 TIM; i.onurs EURYPTERUS. 



Besides . man, it has other foes. Kroyer relates 

 that when on one occasion, a fisherman of hi* aequaint- 

 ance was about to row to land, he observed an immense 

 shark probably a specimen of the Xt-inm/im /;<>/vW;,v, 

 Scoresby floundering on the surface of the water. The 

 men (for there were several in the boat) rowed close up 

 to the monster, without its attempting to get out of tin- 

 way, and one of them was bold enough to strike it on 

 the head with an oar, the only weapon at hand, whieli 

 rendered it senseless. Afterwards they towed it ashore, 

 and on ripping open its belly, found, to their astonish- 

 ment, within it a very large Sea Devil, the bulk and 1 he- 

 struggles of which had, doubtlessly, reduced the Shark 

 to the helpless state in which it was found. 



THK I.OIMI1I s i:i \:\ ITEHVS. 



The l.iiliin* ci/ri/jtli'i-HH, von Diiben A; Koivn, is 

 very rare in the Scandinavian seas, only three specimens 

 bavin" as \et been obtained, and all on tin- \vesf coast of 



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Norway. No mention is made by Swedish ichthyologist* 



of its inhabiting the Baltic, nor does Kroyer include it 

 amongst the Danish fishes. This diminutive species 

 (neither of the specimens spoken of exceeding four inches 

 in length) may, it is s;,i,l. always he distinguished by the 

 InrLjc pectorals, much more broad than long, and the 

 ventrals spread out like a fan. with six rays. Hut after 



