1^4 *HE SEA WOtfr 



Section III. 



Genus XVI —Hhe Sea Wol/K 



1 HIS voracious filli inhabits the northern parts of the o- 

 ccan 5 it Is fouiid on t ecoafts oi Ireland i, GreeulancI, and 

 Norway, but feidom ventures fErtherfouth than thofe parts 

 of the German Or^arw which wafli the fhores o^ Britain % 

 and Holhad. The back, fins, and fides, are of an azure 

 hue J towards the belly it Is white, and the whole Ikia 

 is fmooth §. 



WhAt particularly diilinguiflies this animal, is Its large 

 mouth, and formidable teeth ; the fore teeth are ten or 

 twelve in humber upon each jaw, round, conic and fiiarp j 

 behind thefe are the grinders, round and flat, about twen- 

 ty-four in number ; upon the bones of the palate are three 

 rows of fimilar teeth. There is no fi(h fcems more com- 

 pletely armed for devaftation than the fea-wolf, and 

 none more willing to ufe the inftruments with which na- 

 ture has fupplied it ; it will gnaw even the anchor of a 

 fliip, fo that the noife is heard above ; the marks of its 

 teeth are plainly dilcernible on weighing it up ||. 



Th» 



• Anarhlcas Lupus. Lin. Syft. Cat-fiHi, Sibbald. 



f It is there called SteinLc'Ger, \ Schonf. 45. 



S Brit. ZooL Clali iv. gen. 13. {) Will. p. I3©. 



