. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL HISTORY. 450 few dotv-firfh in their nets. The dog-fish, on finding them- selves ent^mgled, immediately commence tearing the nets to pieces with their sharp and powerful teeth. ' Tlie empty eggs of this fish are often found washed up on the sea-shore, and called l)y the name of " mermaids' ; Tliey are oblong, and furnished at each corner with a long semitransparent convoluted tendril, the use of which is appa^- rently to entangle and fix the egg among the sea-weed, and thus prevent it
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL HISTORY. 450 few dotv-firfh in their nets. The dog-fish, on finding them- selves ent^mgled, immediately commence tearing the nets to pieces with their sharp and powerful teeth. ' Tlie empty eggs of this fish are often found washed up on the sea-shore, and called l)y the name of " mermaids' ; Tliey are oblong, and furnished at each corner with a long semitransparent convoluted tendril, the use of which is appa^- rently to entangle and fix the egg among the sea-weed, and thus prevent it from being washed on shore until the young is hatched. - , e iu A considerable quantity of oil can be obtiuned trom the brain of the dog-fish, and the skin, in common with that of other cartilaginous fishes, is made into shagreen. Family II. SquaMdoJ- Sqtjalus. — (Lat. a Shark.). Carcharias (Gr. a Shark ; from Kopxapor. jagged! »« alluaion to its teeth), the White S/iark: The White Shark is a well-known scourge of the Mediter- ranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. This is the creature so detested by sailors, who, when they have caught a " shirk," subject it to every possiole indignity. This voracious creature has been known to swallow an entire man, and as it is in the habit of lurking about ships for the sake of the ::,crap8 thrown overboard, and almost inva- riably swallows whatever is cast over the side, the contents of its stomach are often of a most heterogeneous description. The sailors always amuse themselves by seeing what the shark. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : G. Routledge
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