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2. Galeus canis, Bonap. Common Tope. 
3. Zygasna malleus (Risso). Hammer-headed Shark. 
A specimen is recorded by Edwards from Banff, picked up on 
the shore about two miles beyond Whitehills in 1861. 
4. Mustelus vu\garis, Mull, and Henle. Smooth Hound. 
Caught by us on long lines off Stoirhead in forty fathoms of 
water. Noticed by Mr. Peach at Wick. 
Family LAMNID^. 
5. Lamnia cornubica (Gm.). Porbeagle. 
A specimen in the Dunrobin Museum is labelled " Loch Inver, 
1875"; and our fishing party caught another on a long- 
sea-line at Loch Inver in 1881, which weighed 56 lbs. 
Mr. Peach observes that they are caught " pretty often" about 
Wick, one over 6 feet long on May 9th, 1860. Mr. Eeid 
mentions one of 7 J feet, which was carted away for manure 
after the liver had been taken out. 
6. Alopecias vulpes (Gm.). Thrasher Shark. 
A whale was brought ashore near Wick, said to have been 
killed by a thrasher; the combat was observed from the 
cliffs by the fishermen, who secured the dead whale. 
Another specimen was taken at Fortrose, Ross-shire, in 
1846 (Martin). 
7. Selache maxima (Gunner.). Basking Shark. 
One over 26 feet long was brought into Boathaven near 
Wick, which had rolled itself into the herring-nets ; an 
inoffensive-looking creature (Peach). 
