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Several specie* of Hamm.T lu-ad.-d Sh.uk- an- known, among which th- Mi-art h.-ad.-l 

 Shark ^.sy,/, ,///,/,/.,- / has th. U-st develop! in>ad, and the Broad-beaded Shark 



(H/i/it/rni>ix /' Tin- most o. Another species, tin- Tud.-s <^phyrnuu tude*\ thought to 



inhabit the M.-.|it. i r.mean, and the shores of Southern America, is intermediate between 

 two extremes. 



Tin- p-in-ral color of tliis sjNN-i.-s is xrayish-lirown aln.v.-, ami grayish \\ hiti- Mow. 



HAMMER-HEAD (8phyma tyyana). This is a large Shark, found in most seas. It is 

 common ,, n tin- Amt-iiiati roast from Caj> <'<xl southward. The width of ln-ad is aUxit twin- 

 its 1, -Mirth. 



In Cuba this is called Cornuda. Dr. Mitchell says "the voracity of this Shark may 

 be judged from tin- following on-iim-iir.' at Sag Harbor, in September, 1805. Three of this 

 species ware token in a net by Mr. Joshua Terry ; the largest was eleven feet in length. On 





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ing him many detached parts of a man were disclosed, with portions of clothing.'* DeRay 

 says it is much dreaded by the Long Island fishermen, for its Imldnt-ss. s.mc have been 

 seen in "Hell Gate" four feet in length. The Hamm<-r-h-ad is equally well known on lN>th 

 sides of the Atlantic. Its range is from the coast of Brazil northward, but is not known 

 to pass Cape Cod. 



The extraordinary shape of this creature's head is, seemingly, a deformity ; yet we are 

 not justified in so believing for Nature doeth all things well, and for a purpose. This Shark 

 brings forth living young, from thirty to forty in number, all perfectly formed, and averaging 

 nineteen indies in length. 



THE destructive and voracious fish, which is indiscriminately known 1>\ the names of 

 TOPE, PEWKT I)oo, or Miu.> i:'s Doo, according to the particular '-oust near which it is found, 

 is another familiar representative of the great Shark family. 



