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s([!ialns carcliarias, or white sluirk. — Presented 



Tli^ fo3»-4e^^ ima; the sympW^ afecJdrsfcd 

 in e?6ry respect mth the T^ew Zealand si>eci- 

 nieiis ; more posterior they became equilatexal, 

 ljut were all imserrated at their edges. 



iwy^e* Its struggles, whm ytmi^t <m deck, 



are >'erv ^'ixnit, ljut a few severe blows on the 

 no<e ^non tlisal>le it from further exertion. When 

 seizing any object, the animal turns on the side. 

 Slot (a#k g6n6]?allf opposed) ^11 J^dB^ Ithe 



shark, judging liy an Europ^aA palate, is not 

 good eating: the fins ami tail are very gbitinous, 

 and are the portions most relished ]>\ the sea- 

 men ; when dried, they i'orni an article of com- 



m&mipi 0iTm^ rnhmt tli<^ m?e n$e«i in smi^i 

 and coiliM^^d m ^ eateellent aphrodisi^. I 

 hare seen several sharks and bonitos about the 

 ship at the same time, l)nt I never observed the 

 former attempt to molest the latter. The shark 

 is eaten eagerly by the natives of the Polynesian 

 Islands, and I hm^ ofian $ma Ibm feasting on 

 it in a raw state, when ttiey gorge themseh es to 

 sneh an ( xeess as to occasion vomiting. It is 

 not an mifreipicnt source of illness among these 

 isUmdcrs, and they sufler so ntueli in ctmse- 



