55^ LIST OF FISHES 



described by the Bishop of Carlisle, in the 3d vo- 

 lume of the " Linnean Transactions." Before I 

 saw the specimen, it was cut open, and the liver 

 removed. It was a female. On opening the ani- 

 mal, no fewer than thirty young ones appeared, 

 fifteen in each of two bags. These were ail 

 from twelve to fourteen inches in length, fully 

 formed, and apparently ready for exclusion. — 

 Another specimen, also a female, was entangled in 

 a herring-net, near Queensferry, in October 1808. 

 It was still larger than the former, measuring, 

 from the tip of the snout to the extremity of the 

 tail, nearly eight feet. — This species is generally 

 considered as synonymous with the Beaumaris 

 Shark of Mr Pennant ; but it does not perfectly 

 accord with the characters of the Squale long-nez 

 of La Cepede, which has been considered as ano- 

 ther synonime. It seems to be the same species 

 which the late Dr Walker found in Loch Fyne 

 many years ago, and which he then rightly consi- 

 dered as a non-descript. 



S. maximus, (of Dr Shaw). Basking Shark ; Sail- 

 fish. 



This species seldom enters the Frith. One was 

 observed by some Newhaven fishermen in summer 

 1808, about a mile off the shore of Figget Whins, 

 between Leith and Portobello. This species is 

 common in the Scottish seas, in the summer 

 months. On the west coast it is well-known by 



