26'4 



tm mAtLK. 



which 1 have heard named, by seamen, the 

 ground shark: the teetli procured from this ^ya- 

 d^sdifetlwmiEdybjea^*^ they 



arc htiio-, ratlier curv«4 iffUP^JJi^ fettmetl ante- 

 riorly, sliarp ]K>iiito(l, imserrafed at the edt/es, and 

 h a V e t iro ra t h er io n y J a jujs . T h e y a rc c o n .si d er c d 

 rare at New Zealand, and the teeth are highly 



hok bored thxmigli^^ m appanditged tc> tikeiv 



ears ; they carve their green jasper stone also in 

 the form of these teeth, and wear them in a 

 similar manner : these teetli were so highly 

 priased by llii^mtit^^ to p5©fc«Te due *S5r«» a 

 liaiEttsir^tf diffiealty. I for soitid: dme^ slne^ my 

 tetum to England, cndcavonred to ascertain the 

 species to which these teeth bflon^'ed, l>nt I was 

 unsuccessful, until lately examining tlie jaws of 



'B&pX Ooilege t)f Burgeons, in. London, I 



fonud it to he tlie S//f/altts corymbictfSy or por- 

 beagh* sliark, whieli is thns noticed in tlie pub- 

 lished catalogue of the colli'ge : — 



«*No. l^k— The skull, ami part of the spine, 



Fio. BorlasL' s Ili^^tory of Cornwall, Habitat. 



The British seas. " 



This species, from its magnitude when full 

 grown, has sumetinus l>een conlbunded with tiie 



