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. and the tail : the tail itfelf, is as it were divided, the 
upper part much longer than the under. 
At firft fight, the above might be taken for the Prickly 
Hound-Jijhj or Squalus Spinax of hinnaus^ of which a 
good figure may be feen in Willughbf^ IcthyoL Tab. B. 5. 
f. I, but it differs, Jirjl, in having the prominent ridge 
over the eyes, of a great length ; fecondly^ in the forma- 
tion of the teeth ; thirdly ^ in having an anal fin, of 
which the Prickly Hound is deftitute; all thefe circum- 
flances concur to prove it a new fpecies. 
This was taken at Tort Jack/on, but to what fize it 
may ufually arrive cannot be determined ; perhaps not 
to a great one, as the teeth appear very complete. Some 
fharks^ however, of an enormous iize have been feen and 
caught thereaboutSj though of what fort cannot here be 
determined. 
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