Ii8 BEAUMARIS. CLass IV* 



i6JfeEAu= 'T^HIS fpcdes was obferved by my friend the 



X j^gy^ j^^.T^.^ Hugh Davies of Beaurnaris^ who 



favored me with the defcription, and an accurate 



drawing made from the filli taken in a neighboring 



wear* 



The length was feven feet. The fnout and body 

 t)f a cylindrical form. The greatell circumference 

 four feet eight inches. 



The nofe blunt. The noftrils fmall. The mouth 



armed with three rows of flender teeth*, flatted 



_ iph each fide^ very fharp, and furnifhed at the bafe 



■ ^ith two Iliarp proceiTes. The teeth are fixed to 



the jaws by certain mufcles, and are liable to be 



- i'aifed or deprefied at pleafure. 



The firfl: dorfal fin was two feet eight inches 

 diilant from the fnour, of a triangular form : the 

 feeond very fmall, and placed near the tail. 



The pe6loral fins ftrong and large : the ventral 

 find anal fmall. 



The fpace- between the feeond dorfal fin and 

 the tail much depreifed ; the fides formiing an acute 

 angle. Above and belov/ was a tranfverfe fofTule 

 or dent. 



The tail was in the form of a crefcent, but the 



* Thefe teeth are often found foffil, and are llyled by 

 Lhijd QrrJthogloJjiifn, from their refemblance to a bird's tongue* 



• horns 



