THA ANGEE. 
I a* 
The ventral fins are placed in the fame manner as the 
pe&oral, and to them is annexed on each fide the double 
penis, that chafafterifes this and the former genus. Up- 
on the back, and farther down than the anus, there are 
two dorfal fins : The tail is bifurcated, the upper lobe 
rather larger than the under ; a charafter belonging to all 
the fliarks. 
This fpecies is defcribed by Rondeletius as an inhabi- 
tant of the Mediterranean ; it is alfo feen frequently on 
the Britijh coalts, where it preys voracioufly upon the 
fiat fifh that frequents the bottom of the water. The flefli 
is in no requeft, but feems loathed in every country, on 
account of its rank flavour and hardnefs : Its ova, when 
dried, are ufed for medicinal purpofes, and are l'uppofed 
by the Italian fifhermen to be efficacious in removing a 
diarrhoea*. The Turks upon the Barbary coaft, apply the 
flcin in the manufa&ure of lheaths for fwords, which 
they are faid to fabricate with peculiar neatnefsf. None 
of the ufes, however, in which the parts of this malig- 
nant mcnfter are employed, feem capable of compenfating 
the dangers to which feamen are continually expofed. 
from its voracious habits. 
Rondeletius de pifcibus. 
t Jovius. 
