SPINOUS SHARK. 
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its possessiiur tint Utti • • ^ ®’^'i‘ieiices of 
A.»ce “ “ I"”™' l-y ‘te powerful re- 
food i, auoertai. .1 tr',‘ fhT “’’ “*“»* 
crushing herd s’ubslu.oes. but t Mr T"s if “ 1 '“^''" 
ufLrfbf :r.Tir^%r-^ 'fHeri/td 
rvhich measured onTle ee. fd a' ” ‘ 
form of the teeth ZZ t U • Avith the 
large prey t to shew it capable of swallowing a 
This"^ dLriptiou r'deriv^ To^'' t 
Falmouth, which measured e^ht feet Z ineW 
Sr “d s.iLT,r c 
a half T ? ■ '" ““cored five feet and 
wL St sr„fr' ”” ”» »'»" 
six hundredweight For ^'oigh about 
. a.u indebSt JSS?.Tw ,t P 
Falmouth, to whose .tin o i • , f^°cks. Esq., of 
great obligation for commnnief i„„r„rSerfkt!ired'b “"b" 
Ihe specimen referred to eiyht font ri • i 
was in depth in a straight lineSo tet Ld't'n '" ‘T"?’ 
was a thick and lumpish fish The tail 1’ it 
one foot eight inehesin efin. Thf s nef btr"'” ™ 
and prominent. The bod; coveted from the eye ’ tf'thlTl 
with sharp sphics; but there were none in front of the evi 
nor below a l.ne cnlend.ng from the eyes to the pectoral IZ’ 
nor on the belly. Gill orifices five, short and close tovethf 
placed below the root of the pectoral fins. The latte” fi ’ 
short, placed higher than is represented in Mr. Yarrell’s fi i 
narrower at the root than at the termination, and endinc^'a^ 
ruptly. Dorsal fins nearer the tail, and close together” the' 
first the smallest, over the ventrals; the posterior edges irrca-’ulir- 
no anal fin. The tail ascends from its root, the fin part narrow’ 
