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Fins black. The whole animal was covered with a black 
and white horny substance, like some kinds of tortoise- 
shell, composed of lamina; for an inch or more in depth. 
In the stomach were found the horny beaks of cuttle-fish 
in great quantity. 
It was shown in Cockspur-street for some time, also at 
Cambridge. This animal is said to be most frequently 
found with only one tooth. It will occasionally pierce the 
bottom of a ship with its teeth ; which circumstance may 
account for the frequent loss of one of them . 
