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MUSTELUS. 
This genus resembles Gahus in the shape of the body and the nos 
SMOOTH HOUND. 
eay-mouthed dog. skate-toothed .shaek 
Squalus musteJws, 
Mustelus Icevis. 
“ vulgaris, 
» „ 
Squale Emissole, 
Willoughby, p. 60 , 
Linnaius. 
JONSTON, p. 26. 
Tab. B. 5. 
Cuvier. Fleming’s Br. An., p. 166. 
Yarrell ; British Pishes, vol. ii, p. 512. 
Gray; Cat. Br. Museum, p. 127. 
Jenyns; Manual, p. 602. 
Lacerede and Eisso; lothy., p. 33. 
Th, Smooth Hound i, common, but not .bundant, in the 
«st and aontb of the kingdom in and it L been 
aomettme, taken ,n Scotland. Although I have k„„™ it c.noh, 
m Februaty and Match, it is not usually „ithi„ the roach" of 
out fishermen until the beginning of May or June; and that 
they have come from a considerable di.tmtce is rendeted pro- 
bable fiom the kind of hooks sometimes found in them and 
which they have separated from the Hne. These hooks ’have 
been formed with scarcely anything besides a bend or bow 
and a very short shaft; such as our fishermen suppose to be 
in use on the coast of Spain. 
It seems to be less prolific than the generality of Sharks 
In the month of November I have found it with deven youn^ 
ones just ready for exclusion, and all of one size, without 
