Part I. Of Fifhes. 
in S eft alius s Muf<eum, that were wide enough to have fwal- 
lowed any Man. 
Two great TEETH of a SHARK. They are both 
curioufly indented, like a Saw, on each edge : as alfo the 
Teeth are in younger Sharks, but not fo vifibly. One of 
thefe is above an inch and half long. But one of thofe 
in a Shark, of above two yards in length, is not half an 
inch. The Shark, therefore, to which This belonged, was 
about eight yards long. 
What the Teeth of a Shark, wants in thicknefs , they 
have in breadth, whereby they are the more terrible 5 both 
pricking with their Points, and cutting with their Edges at 
the fame ftroak. 
Part of the BACK-BONE of a SHARK. 
The TOOTH of a PICKED-DOG. Not much un- 
like that of a Shark. The difference is, That the exerted 
part of this is bended, not inwards, but fide-ways. 
The SPOTED HOUNDHSH or SEA-PANTHER 
After ias 5 becaufe of the Stars or Spots upon his Skin. But 
the radiation of the Spots in the Figure commonly given, 
is fictitious. See Rondeletiuss Defcnption. He hath a 
rough Skin, as have all of this kind. Yet this Author faith, 
he hath a fmoother Skin, than the Galeus lavis : which, 
however comparatively taken, it may be true, is not well 
expreffed of either. The faid Roughnefs is caufed by an 
infinite number of moft hard and fharp Prickles, compofed 
in the fame manner as the Scales of Fifhes. 
The Female brines forth often times twice in one month, 
andfois faid to Super feet ate : which, faith Ariftotle, (a)]fo.Z c ' S i™ 
feems rather to be, becaufe her Eggs are hatched ( in her &1.5.C.10. 
Womb ) one after another. 
The PICKED-DOG. Galeus Acanthias. Becaufe he hath 
two ftrong and fharp Spikes growing on his Back, behind 
the two Finns, and pointing towards his Tail. See the 
Defcription in Salvianus and Rondeletius. Befides the two ' 
Finns which grow on each fide the Anus, the Males, faith 
Salvian, (b) have alfo two Appendices, one on each fide (b) Hift^a. 
the Anus. But betwixt the Anus and the Tail there is no 
under-Finn 3 by which he differs from the reft of the Dog- 
kind. He is faid fcarce to grow fo big, as to exceed twenty 
pounds in weight. His Skin is rough with the like Prickles, 
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