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friend Mr. Couch, of Polperro, and also from Mr. Heggerty, 

 of Torquay, to which place, as I understood, this last speci- 

 men had been brought for preservation. 



Four examples of this Shark arc therefore known to have 

 been obtained on our coasts within the last three years, and 

 one in the summer of 1880. 



This very remarkable Shark was first described by Brous- 

 sonnet under the name of Le chien de iner boucle, in the 

 " Memoires de TAcademie des Sciences pour 1780," and, 

 as may be seen by the numerous synonymes at the head of 

 this subject, is a species that is exceedingly well known, 

 having a wide geographical range, extending from the North 

 Sea to the Cape of Good Hope in one direction, and from 

 the Shores of Italy into the Atlantic in another. 



The specimen described by Broussonnet measured only 

 about four feet in length ; but it has been taken upwards of 

 seven feet long on the Cornish coast; and M. Risso mentions 

 that one of four hundred pounds'* weight, and therefore pro- 

 bably still longer than the Cornish specimen, was caught by 

 the Mandrague, or Tonnaro fishermen of Nice, in the hori- 

 zontal nets set up by them to catch Tunnies. 



Some differences will be observed in the comparative 

 length and thickness of the figures here given, the first of 



