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BASKING SHARK. 
ticularly referred to was thirty-one feet and about eight inches, 
nineteen feet round, and the mouth was five feet and a half 
wide; extent of the tail six feet nine inches; the weight said 
to he eight tons. As it lay on the ground the height of the 
body was eight feet and a half. The skin rough; eyes small; 
spiracles between the eyes and upper portion of the gill openings; 
upper jaw longest, but not greatly protruded; the teeth about 
an inch long, blunt at the top, and but slightly compressed; 
the body rising behind the eyes; a strong ridge at the sides 
near the tail; a depression above and below at the root of the 
tail. Pectorals rather long, and ending in a point. The first 
dorsal about midway between the ventrals and pectorals, and 
wide and high; the second dorsal about midway between the 
ventral fins and anal, smaller than the first dorsal, but larger 
than the anal. Colour, dark on the back, but in some examples 
it is described as blue, lighter on the sides, and white below. 
Fleming says the liver of a full-sized fish yields from eight to 
twelve barrels of oil; and that of the Cornish specimen, above 
referred to, produced one hundred and ninety-eight gallons; 
two examples, of about thirty feet, at Broadhaven, in Scotland, 
yielded almost nineteen barrels, of which eight make a ton. 
TEETH, ETC., OP GREENLAND SHARK. 
1. -Single tooth. 3. — Under jaw, inside view. 
2. — Under jaw, outside view. 4. — Eye, with parasite attached to it. 
