HALIEUTICA, I. 380-396 



Scymnus,** the Smooth Dog-fish,'' the Spiny Dog- 

 fish " ; and among them are the Angel-shark,** the 

 Fox-shark * and the Spotted Dog-fish/ But the 

 works and the feeding of them all is alike and they 

 herd together. 



The Dolphins both rejoice in the echoing shores 

 and dwell in the deep seas, and there is no sea with- 

 out Dolphins ; for Poseidon loves them exceedingly, 

 inasmuch as when he was seeking the dark-eyed 

 daughter " of Nereus who fled from his embraces, 

 the Dolphin marked her hiding in the halls of Ocean 

 and told Poseidon ; and the god of the dark hair 

 straightway carried off the maiden and overcame 

 her against her ^^'ill. Her he made his bride, queen 

 of the sea, and for their tidings he commended his 

 kindly attendants and bestowed on them exceeding 

 honour for their portion. 



There are also those among the stem Sea-monsters 

 which leave the salt water and come forth upon the 

 hfe-giving soil of the dry land. For a long space do 

 Eels'* consort with the shores and the fields beside 



though it is now classed as a Shark, it is " intermediate 

 between the ordinarj' Sharks and the Skates and Rays, 

 both in external appearance and internal structure, but is 

 more Ray-like than Shark-like in its habits," Cambridge 

 X.II. vii. p. 457. It is viviparous. 



' Alopias (Alopecias) vulpes, the Thresher Shark, com- 

 monest of the larger Sharks on British coasts. It grows to 

 a length of 15 feet or more, the taU forming at least one-half. 

 Cf. Apost. p. 4 ; A. 566 a 31 oXwitt;^. Fr. Le Renard. 



f SruUlum catulus Cuv., the 7aXe6s ve^piai of A. 565 a 26. 



W hen Poseidon wished to marry Amphitrite, she hid 

 herself. The Dolphin found her, and for this Poseidon gave 

 him the highest honours in the sea and set in the skj' the 

 constellation of the Dolphin. Eratosth. Catagt. 31 ; Hygin. 

 A»tr. ii. 17. 



* A. 592 a 13; Plin. ix. 74. 



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