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small size, iu proportiou to thu body of the lishj 



«s wdl aa tlje isSii flm dispioporti^ Hi^ 

 eiise the Ji^^ «ti4 tte dimimlm ^sm ts$ tbe 

 fins j^dl tail, must consequently ptsi^t0.t ^ 



j^wiiiiiiiino' to any distance, for when swimming 

 its motion is veiy tardy, and apparently labori- 

 ous, JlMJUi^ liafl^ iihj^fore, provided it with a 



of sliipai, &c 



I have seen them attached more commonly to 

 tlie hinly of the Sqiialtiti earcJtarlas, or white 

 shark, than to any other species : whether it is 

 timt this speele» ni ^mk id ifae mm vm&Slf 

 met with, I cannot ddiermine ; but on a blue 

 shark, altliougli accompanied by pilot-fish, I 

 nevc^i', in tlie few instances I have met with, saw 

 a Remora attacliedj although, in the other spe- 



on further obsi^ation^ is hmd to be tiie 



fact, it may be probably accounted for by the 

 Sf/ualus cairharkfs more frequently approaching 

 the land. The sucking-fish not being able to 

 mdm my distanee^ xnii^t gen^^ty mnaixi $^ 

 laoh'ed to tmks^ mi §M3m them i^emores 

 itself to the shark as he approaches. 



Tlic snekiog'-plate enables these fish to change 

 theii- locality, by attaching themselves to the 

 stronger inhabitants of tlie deep, and precludes, 



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