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XXVII. Additions to an Account of the Anatomy of the Squalus 

 Maximus, contained in a former Paper; with Observations on 

 the Structure of the Branchial Artery, By Sir Everard Home, 

 Bart.F.KS, 



Read June 24, 1813. 



JVIy former account was taken from a Squalus Maximus 

 caught at Hastings, in November, 1808, and the parts which 

 I examined were brought to London by Mr. Clift, who went 

 down, at my desire, to dissect them ; but the weather being 

 stormy and cold, the fish was brought no further than the 

 beach, so that the examination was conducted under great dis- 

 advantages, and the parts brought away were in a mutilated 

 state. The sketch of the fish made upon the spot by Mr. Clift 

 is now found to be generally correct, except the omission of 

 a small fin between the anus and tail, which had been buried 

 by the weight of the fish in the sand.* 



Two fishes of the same species have since been caught at 

 Brighton, and one of them was brought to London in Decem- 

 ber, 1812, which I had an opportunity of examining, assisted 

 by Mr. Clift. It is not my intention, on the present occasion, 



* The omission of this small fin in the drawing is an error of considerable import* 

 ance, as it deprived the fish of one of its characteristic marks> and has led naturalists, 

 who have since had the opportunity of examining other specimens with more accuracy, 

 to conclude that this fish was a distinct species from those which they described ; I 

 am therefore particularly desirous to correct the mistake. 

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