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CHAP. laft ; the abdominal about the middle of the body ; and 
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^ — / the anal^ more than half way between the la ft and the 
tail ; befides which, the under part is finned from that 
place to the end : on the upper part of the body are two 
finsj both placed uncommonly far back, as in the figure. 
This fifh was met with in Sydney Cove, Port Jack/on^ 
by Lieutenant Watts., and is fuppofed to be full as vora- 
cious as any of the genus, in proportion to its 11 ze ; for 
after having lain on the deck for two hours, feemingly 
quiet, on Mr. Watts's dog pafling by, the fliark fprung 
upon it with all the ferocity imaginable, and feized it 
by the leg ; nor could the dog have difengaged himfelf 
had not the people near at hand come to his affiftance. 
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