ISook jFourtJ), 



PISCES. 



Order CHONDROPTER YGII. Fam. CA RGHA RIIDJE. 



COMMON TOPE. 



Galeus canis, Bonap. 



The commonest Dogfish on the N.W. coast of England is the 

 Tope, better known in Morecambe Bay as the ' Fay Dog.' At 

 Ravenglass it is usually called the ' Blue-back ' or ' Bastard 

 Shark.' An example sent to me from Silloth in September 

 1890 measured about 17 inches; this, Mr. Mcol says, represents 

 the size of most of those that he has seen taken in the draught 

 net. He once saw a specimen measuring about 4 feet stranded 

 at Skinburness, but this is the only large one that he has seen. 

 Sometimes a dozen or even two dozen of this destructive fish 

 are taken by the draught nets in the waters of the English 

 Sol way. The Peel fishermen** assure me that they sometimes 

 use the rough skin of this fish for scrubbing purposes. 



Order CHONDROPTERYG1I. Fam. LAMNIDjE. 



PORBEAGLE. 



Lamna cornubica, (Gm.). 



The Morecambe Bay fishermen and those of the English 

 Solway assure me that Sharks of large dimensions are virtually 

 unknown in the waters which they fish ; but upon the open 

 coast the capture of such fishes, though rare, is not unheard of. 

 Captain Wignall of Whitehaven caught a Porbeagle in a trawl 

 net off St. Bees, on the 30th of October 1889. My friend the 



