THE WHITE SHARK* 
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its prey *. The eyes are large, round, and flaring, ca- 
pable of being eafily rolled in the lockets. The dorfal, 
and pe£toral fins are very large, and aid the efforts of the 
tail, in giving rapidity to the filh’s motion. The tail 
itfelf is femilunar, and capable of giving the tnofl dread- 
ful ftrokes ; hence, the failors, as foon as they take one 
°f thefe fillies, fo far diiavm it, by cutting oft the tail. 
’’The Blue Shark f . 
J his fpecies has obtained its name from the fine azure 
Colour of the back ; it is moll frequently an inhabitan 1 
°f the hot climates, where it is fcarcely lefs formidable 
to feamen, than that immediately preceding. The body 
is lefs rough than thofe of the reft of the genus. The 
eyes are of an eliptical lhape, but the irides perfectly 
tound ; behind them, there are none of thofe foramina, 
^bich are obferved in other fpecies 
The filh is of an oblong lhape ; the nofe long, lharp, 
a UU compreffed towards the point ; the noftrils are placed 
ttanfverfely. Although molt frequent in the warm cli- 
mates, the blue lhark is often feen on the Britijh coafts, 
a nd particularly thofe of Cornwall, during the pilchard 
ibafon. It is there caught by the filhers, with a large 
kind of iron hooks, that are made for the purpefe. 
Hondeletiuf 
* Supina vefcantur. Plinii. Lib. ix. cap 24. 
t Squalos glaueus, Lin. Syft. Galeus glaueus, Rondel. 
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