Class IV. 



WHITE SHARK. 



139 



for twelve, and sometimes twenty-four hours, 

 before they are subdued. When killed, they 

 are either hawled on shore, or if at a distance 

 from land, to the vessel's side. The liver (the 

 only useful part) is taken out, and melted into 

 oil in kettles provided for that purpose. A large 

 fish will yield eight barrels of oil ; and two of 

 worthless sediment. 



The fishers often observe on them a sort of 

 leech of a reddish color, and about two feet 

 long, but which falls off when the fish is brought 

 to the surface of the water, and leaves a white 

 mark on the skin. 



Aapla ? Arist. Hist. an. Lib. 



v. c. 5. ix. c. 37- 

 Aaju,v^j. Oppian Halieut. i. 



370. v. 36, 

 Kap%af iocs Kvwv. Athen. Lib. 



vii. p. 310. 

 Lamia ? Plinii, Lib. ix. c. 24. 

 Le chien carcharien ou Perlz 



fisch de Norvege. Belon, 



52, 87- 

 Lamia. Tiburo. Rondel. 48g. 



3Q0. 

 Canis Carcharias. Gesner pise. 



173. 



White Shark. Wil. Ichth. 47. 4. Whit*. 



Raii Syn. pise. 18. 

 Squalus carcharias. Sq. dorso 



piano dentibus serratis. Lin. 



Syst. 400. Gm. Lin. 14g8. 

 Arted. Synon. 89. Gronov. 



Zooph. No. 143. 

 La Lamie. Block ichth. ir. 



31. tab. 119. 

 Le Squale requin. De la 



Cepede Hist, des Poissons. 



i. I69. tab. 8. Jig. 1. 2. 



J- HIS grows to a very great bulk, Gillius 

 says, to the weight of four thousand pounds ; 



