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it has two fponting holes, and prominent eyes, which it C H A P. 

 can turn in every dire6lion, and befpeak the maUgnity 

 of its all-devouring nature ; nearly under thefe are its 

 mouth and throat, of fuch an enormous lize, that it will 

 fwallow a bull-dog ; its teeth, which are placed in five or 

 fix rows, are fo fliarp and ftrong, that they will fnap off a 

 man's arm or his leg with eafe, which has very frequently 

 happened. The whole fhape of this fifli is in every re- 

 fpe6l like that of the dog-fifh, found in the North Seasj 

 with very ftrong fins, one dorfal, two ventral, and two 

 abdominal : the tail is bifurcated, the upper part being 

 longefl: ; the fkin is llimy, rough, and ufed for what we 

 call Jhagreen. The lhark always fwims with velocity, 

 but muft turn upon its fide to take its prey, by which 

 many fifli efcape its jaws. 



The remora, or fucking-fifh, is frequently found fiicking 

 to fharks, and to fliips bottoms : this fifii is afli-coloured, 

 and long, about twenty inches ; the body roundifii, and 

 tapering near the tail ; the fins are placed as thofe of the 

 fliark, and the under fkin is proje6ling; iti fucker is, how- 

 ever, what makes it mofl remarkable, being an oval grifdy 

 plate above its head, with tranfverfe bars, like the palate 

 of a flieep. This fucker has fo much attra(5lion, that no 

 waves, however violent, can beat it oS.—-(For both thefe 

 fifoes^ fee the Plate annexed.) 



Th.Q pilot-Ji/b ought here alfo to be noticed : this is fmail, 

 with brilliant colours, and is faid not only to feed upon 



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