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dim Remora is said to he tbund of the length of 



two or ^vm feet I tni #yai|^ aactasdio^ to a 

 description quoted bj Br^ Mdoh, to extend 

 to seven foot. The usual nililibef of divisiotis 

 on its shield is fi'om twenty-two to twen^- 

 four. 



The pow!0r ;of Mhesion is retained for a long 

 tiniet % ^ "i^h ^tftef d«6a|^tatiion» I de- 

 tached one of theiii from the hody of a shark, 

 (leca])itated it, und then a|)p]yino' the sncking- 

 phitc to a smooth surface, found the power of 

 $blit^ion remained, and it continned &>t the 



the animal, af^ the removal of the head, dis- 

 phiyed mucli mnsciilar irritaJnlity on being 

 toucliod, and the pectoral and ventral fins moved 

 for a long time af^ward^, 



TbJt pilo^9h> m I itav© beSbre ol>8om4|^ 

 (^Ch^tcrosteus ductor,) is usually seen in eottir 

 puny with the sliark, and with no other vora- 

 cious fish ; it is of a beautiful azure colour, 

 girded around the body by broad bands of a 

 rety dark t^laa^ I have seldom soe^ thm larg^ 

 thart: a fejt H length, but in laaadth some 

 exceed others. They ha\'e never been taken 

 wlien in eovn])any with tlie slinrk, but, on the 

 capture of that voracious animal, thej liover 



