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development of the upper jaw. Sword- 

 fish measuring fifteen feet have fre- 

 quently been caught, such specimens 

 carrying a sword of three feet or more in 

 length. The fish are very pugnacious 

 and are said to attack whales with their 

 formidable weapons. Several instances 

 are recorded of their piercing ships' plank, 

 and there is in fact at the present 

 moment an exhibit in the galleries of the 

 Natural History Museum at South Ken- 

 sington, of the remnants of a whale-boat 

 rammed by a sword-fish, to a depth of 

 nearly two feet. 



