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SWORD-FISH. 
that the snout was completely imbedded, or driven 
through almost to its base, and the animal killed 
by the violence of its effort. The wood, together 
with the sword imbedded in it, is preserved in the 
British Museum. 
The striking particulars in which this species 
differs from the common sword-fish, are the broad 
back fin, and the thoracic appendages, which are 
wanting in the animal that frequents oui coasts. 
We have already mentioned the manner in which 
the sword-fish attacks the whale, in our description 
of that creature. 
