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even more. That which we examined was three 

 feet two inches and an half from the tip of the 

 nofe to the end of the tail : the length of tht head 

 was eight inches, from the gills to the vent, ten ^ 

 from thence to the tip of the tail, twenty and one 

 half. 



The circumference of the head was feventeen 

 inches, at the ihoulders twenty, but near the tail 

 only four and a half. 



Its weight was twenty pounds and a quarter. 

 The head is a little flatted on the top : the nofe 

 blun|:; the noftrils very fmall ; the e3^es fmall, and 

 placed near the end of the nofe. Irides pale yellow. 



The teeth are very remarkable, and finely a- Teeth, 

 dapted to. its way of life. The fore teeth are ftrong, 

 coiiical, diverging a little from each other, ftand 

 far out of the jaws, and are commonly fix above, 

 and the fame below, though fometimes there arp 

 only five in each jaw : thefe are fupported within- 

 fide by a row of lefTer teeth, which makes the num- 

 ber in the upper jaw feventeen or eighteen, in the 

 lower eleven or twelve. 



The fides of the under jaw are convex inwards, 

 which greatly adds to their flrength, ^nd at the 

 fame time allows room for the large mufcies with 

 which the head of this fifh is furnilhed. 



The dentes molares, or grinding teeth of the under 

 jaw, are higher on the outer than the inner edges, 

 which inclines their furfaces inward : they join to 



the 



