The Hiftory of ANIMAL S. 
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Squalus n err thus ori vicinis, foraminibus exiguis ad oculos. 
The Squalus, noftrils near the mouthy and fmall 
holes near the eyes. 
This grows to five feet in length, and it’s weight is ufnally about a hundred pounds: 
the head is large, and of a depreffed figure ; the extremity of the roftrum is pellucid: 
the mouth is large, and of a femicircular figure, and is fituated on the under part of 
the head : the noflrils are confpicuous 5 they are placed near the mouth, and have 
each a double aperture 5 there are three rows of fharp teeth in the upper,' and as many 
in the under, part of the mouth : the body is of a rounded figure, and the lateral line 
runs very confpicuous from the head to the tail: there are two fins on the back ; the firffc 
of them is nearer to the pedforal than to the ventral fins * the hinder one is placed a 
great deal more backwards: the apertures of the gills are five on each fide, and run 
from the head nearly to the pedtoral fins. 
This is frequent in many parts of the Ocean, and in the Mediterranean : the an- 
tients were very well acquainted with it. Ariftotle calls it • Pliny, Cani¬ 
cula ; Rondelet, Galeus canis ; Gefner, Galeus cams vel Canicula Plinii $ Salvian, 
Will ugh by, and Ray, Canis Galeus; Aldrovand and Jonfton, Canis Galeus vulgaris! 
The Italians call it Lamiola and Canofa; and we, in Cornwall, the Tope. 
S Q_U A L I. 
Divifeon the Fourth . 
Ihofe which have the rojlrum floor ter. 
Squalus ex rufo varius, pinna ani medio mter amim et 
caudam. 
The browniflo , variegated Squalus, with the pinna ant in 
the middle between the anus and tail. 
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HP HIS is one of the fmaller Squali; it rarely grows to, more than three feet in 
JL length, and is but moderately thick, in proportion : the head is large, 
and of a depreffed figure; the roftrum is obtufe, and the mouth is fituated on 
the under part of the head, but at a fmall diftance from the extremity of the roftrum : 
the teeth are numerous and fharp, and they bend a little inward : the noftrils are re¬ 
markably large and confpicuous: the body is of a fomewhat depreffed form ; the 
back is broad, and the belly is fomewhat flatted : there are two fins on the back, and 
they ftand but at a fmall diftance from one another • they both are placed on the hin¬ 
der part of the back ; the pedtorai fins are large, and of a triangular figure ; they have 
their origin about the third aperture of the branchiae. 
This fpecies is frequent in the Mediterranean, and is alfo caught in our feas: the 
antients were very well acquainted with it. Ariftotle calls it m 5 and Athenaeus 
and Oppian, Sxkw©- 5 • Rondelet and Gefner call it Canicula Ariftotelis ; Salvian, Al¬ 
drovand, and Jonfton, Catulus major; Willughby, Catulus major vulgaris; and Ray, 
Catulus major vulgaris et Salviani. The Italians call it Scorzone; the Venetians, Pefce 
Gatto; and our common people in Cornwal, a Bounce. 
Squalus dorfo vario, pinnis ventralibus concretis. 
The Squalus, with a variegated back, and with 
the belly jins concreted. 
* The head is large, and of a depreffed form ; the eyes are large, and ftand pretty 
high on the fides of the head : the noftrils are very confpicuous; they have each a 
double aperture, and are fituated not very far from the extremity of the roftrum; the 
mouth is not at the extremity of the roftrum, but on the under part of it, and opens 
tranfverfely: the body is long, rounded, and flenderer than in moft of the other fpe¬ 
cies : the apertures of the gills are five oblique or nearly tranfverfe openings on each 
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