Y 
vido 
E 
s 
d 
en, hd] ee FP K 
270 °° we — Supplement. 
"n Squalus. Lin. (Selache. Cuv.) elephas. Le Sueur, 
Sarna #rademy Natural Sciences, et fig. 
Two or three weeks since, a large male shark was 
harpooned in the harbor of Provincetown, and being 
towed to Chelsea, was there exhibited. When I saw 
i it, it waslying upon the beach, where it was entirely 
exposed at low tide, and nearly, if not altogether 
covered by water when the tide was high; the tide 
.. wasflowing in, when I examined it, which compelled 
me to make a more rapid survey than could have 
been wished. It had been opened, and its viscera 
were removed. The liver filled eight barrels, and 
furnished six barrels of oil. The fish presented the 
following appearances : 
Its entire length was thirty feet three inches. 
The whole upper part of the body, was of a dark. 
slate color; lighter beneath. The skin was divided 
into innumerable rugs, which were covered with 
minute sharp points, often collected into groups, re- 
sembling the discs of many of the “ Echini," upon 
which are situated the spines by which they are 
ornamented ; or, still more, the tubercles arranged 
along the idm line of some of our. “Cotti,” caus- 
ing the skin to be exceedingly rough. Head, small ; 
perfectly smooth, for the most part, in front o of the 
eyes, and covered with eircular and oblong mucous 
pores, which keep this portion constantly lubricated. | 
Snout, blunt. Nostrils, five inches in front of the 
eyes, their lower portion upon the edge of the 
upper lip. yes, very small ; diameter of the eye, 
