PLATE XL VII. 
being from a foot to eighteen inches in length : The flesh of this 
” s h is remarkably soft and oily, and is never eaten except by the 
’'diabitaruts of Greenland, who devour it with avidity, and esteem 
most delicious. 
In the dorsal fin we found thirty-six rays : pectoral thirty-two : 
anal twenty -six : tail twelve. 
