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NATURAL HISTORY 
SAW FISH. 
The Saw Fish belongs to the spinous 
kind ; the form of its mouth (if it may be so 
called) is somewhat similar to a bird's bill, 
projecting singly, and guarded with numer- 
ous teeth, from half an inch to two inches in 
length; the use of which does not appear to 
have been discovered by naturalists, though 
it has been said by seamen, that with them 
they frequently injure vessels, in the Allan- 
tic Ocean, where they are found in huge 
shoals. It has a white belly, and an ash- 
coloured back. 
