PLATE CVIII. 
There is every reason to apprehend, that the first account of thi* 
species of Shark extant, is to be found in that well-known work the 
Natural History of Cornwall, by Dr. Borlase, where it occurs under 
the title of the Porbeagle. The notice of the species is extremely con- 
cise, but is accompanied with a tolerable figure of the animal, en- 
graved after a drawing by the Rev. Mr. Jago, minister of Loo, in 
that county, in the time of Ray. 
The description of the Porbeagle in Mr. Pennant’s work is take* 
from Dr. Borlase’s figure, and is so far pretty correct. Gmelin de- 
scribes the Porbeagle under the specific name of Cornubicus , re- 
ferring for authorities to the works of Dr. Borlase, Pennant, and als» 
the paper in the Parifian Transactions, by Broussonet, treating of the 
Squale nez, which he considers to be of the same kind. One of 
the latefl: and best accounts of the fish is from the pen of Dr. Good- 
•nough, Bishop of Carlisle, who describes a specimen, found on the 
coast of Hastings in 180, ‘3, with considerable accuracy, in the 
third volume of the Transactions of the Linnasan Society. The 
individual mentioned had been landed four hours when Dr. Good-: 
enough first saw it, and then weighed twenty-six pounds: the body> 
from the tip of the nose to the extremity of the tail, was three fee 1 
ten inches ; the colour on the back deep blue, and silvery white 
beneath. The nose was projecting and sharp, and on both side* 
from the nose to the eyes were many minute perforations or pores. 
The general shape of the body was roundish, except for about si* 
inches from the tail, where it was depressed, and formed an angle or 
elevated line on each side. The teeth vary in number, according t0 
the age of the fish, specimens being found with one, two, or even 
three rows, when the animal attains to a large size. 
