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Lility, ami which is met with to a great degi*ee 

 in vXL qoM-1>l0od6d aniuials, i$ well exempH£ed 

 in the shark, wMck |rerba|»s> -p^^^s^ It- to a 

 greater tlei;iee than other kinds of #8tu I have 

 iiecu a shark transfixed with a harpoon after it 

 had lieeu 1 looked, so as to cause the viscera to 

 protrude j it was hoisted on dock, wheu, alter a 



qimrter of zuhtmha^^st^mi^ bw«r part 

 was jseptmtedfiromtbe uppeir ; (vMdh detaclt6d 

 lower portion for a long time displayed great 



powers of vitality ;) tlie lu^ad and upper portion 

 were afterwards thrown into the water, when the 

 pectoral im m^t^ da M w^m isf 

 swiznnilitg^ HoW l%>i^^Ms iMN^iUij ismtj&Bt&ked 

 I cannot say, (hut from other instances that I 

 had seen, I shouhl consider for a long period,) 

 as it soon went astern of the ship. 1 have fre- 

 quently seen the Mmmd JmSi'^ m iBck, the 

 whole of tlie vfeeei?a^tra®led, antd iie Mtf ot^tei'- 

 vise mangled wKen tlirown overboard, swhn for 

 some distance in this mutilated state. Again, 

 a shark has been hung up with the abdomen 

 ripped open, the whole of the viscera extracted, 

 W ike Imd 4^i^i&A ; »ymptotns of 

 lity, or rather muscular irritability, remained 

 for thrre liours from the time of its removal from 

 tljc water ; and this fretjuently occasions tlie 

 spectators to consider that the animal is in a 



