HEART-HEADED SHARK, 33$ 



in but little dread, since, according to the account 

 of a gentleman on whose veracity I may safely de- 

 pend, they bathe without apprehension in places 

 known to be infested by it, and by their example 

 have frequently- excited a similar boldness in our 

 Own countrymen, insomuch that a ship's crew has 

 bathed alongside the vessel for many evenings to- 

 gether. This fish is said to produce about ten or 

 fourteen young at a birth. 



HEART-HEADED SHARK. 



Squalus Tiburo. S. capite latissimo cordato, Idn» Syst» Nat* 

 Shark with Tery broad heart-shaped head. 

 Tiburonis species minor. Marcgr, Bras, p, 181. 

 Zygaenae affinis capite triangulo. Will, ichth. p, 55, 

 Pantouflier. Brouss. act. Paris, 1780^ 



Greatly allied to the preceding, but a much 

 rarer species : said to grow nearly to the same size : 

 inhabits chiefly the South-American seas : some- 

 times, though very seldom, observed in those of 

 Europe : first described by Marcgrave iu his His- 

 tory of BrasiL 



