■ S^g OF CARTfLAGINOUS FISHES, 



From this conformation of the mouth, a great part of 

 the cartalaginous fiflies are obliged to turn thur b.ick 

 downwards in lading hold of their prey ; a circumitince 

 that requires time, and .iK"»rd3 an opportunity to the 

 fmaller fifh of making their efcape. They devour every 

 kind of fidi or flefl^., and to their extraordinary voracity, 

 had Nature granted the power of eafily apprehending 

 their food, the other kinds of fifli muft long ago have 

 fallen a facrifice to their gluttony *. 



* Idem ibidem. 



