iio LONG-TAILED SHARlC. Class IV. 



The fkin Is fmoother than that of other fharks : 

 the back is of a fine blue color ; the belly of a 

 filvery white. 



Linn^us fays, that its teeth are granulated ; for 

 our part we mufl confefs it is a fifh that has not 

 come under our examination, therefore hope to 

 be favored with an accurate defcription from fome 

 naturalift, who lives on the coaft it haunts. 



We may add, that Rondektius fays he was an 

 eye-witnefs to its fondnefs for human flefh : that 

 thefe nfh are lefs deftrudlive in our feas, is owing 

 to the coolnefs of the climate, which is well known 

 to abate the fiercenefs of fome, as well as the 

 venom of other animals. 



44. Long- AXawtl ? Arifi^HiJi. an. Lib. Cercus Cali opufc. no. 



TAILED. IX. c. 37. ^lian Var. Sea Fox, or Ape. Wil. iBh, 



Hiji. Lib. I. c. 5. 54. Rail fyn. pifc. 20. 



Oppian Halieut. I. 381. III. Squalus Cauda longiore quam 



144. ipfum corpus. Arted. fyn. 



Vulpes Plinii Lib. IX. c. 43. 96. 



Singe de mer. Belon^ 88. Sea Fox. Threiher. Borlafi 



Vulpes marina. Rondel. 337. Corn^iuall, 265. 

 Gefner pifc. 1045. 



Tail. npHIS fifli is moft remarkable for the great 



^ length of the tail : the whole meafure of that 



we had an opportunity of examining, was thirteen 



i^t\..^ of which the tail alone was more than fix, 



the 



