. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 2V brwitho by lueana s, us ill the lampreys. :io rows of bony plates diiij^'ly coiiinion in the â tiHherics are oi-ganized it is used. Isinglass 10 air-bladder; caviare ;he flesh is extensively ng, besides the largo rhc flavour of its flesh our coasts, usually by :)ugh it then does some gles to release itself, it â¢rell mentions that a ;s in length, and weigh- iis taken in a stake net ras once ca\ight in the y pounds. The female NATUnAI, iriHTOUY, â¢llf) always dopositH her eggs in fresh 'vater, and the young,
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 2V brwitho by lueana s, us ill the lampreys. :io rows of bony plates diiij^'ly coiiinion in the â tiHherics are oi-ganized it is used. Isinglass 10 air-bladder; caviare ;he flesh is extensively ng, besides the largo rhc flavour of its flesh our coasts, usually by :)ugh it then does some gles to release itself, it â¢rell mentions that a ;s in length, and weigh- iis taken in a stake net ras once ca\ight in the y pounds. The female NATUnAI, iriHTOUY, â¢llf) always dopositH her eggs in fresh 'vater, and the young, whou hatched, descend to tJie sea, and are supposed not to return npiin until, in their turn, they seek the fresh water in order to deposit their spawn. Sub-order II. 'Nfii.â(Or. Tprj^ut, iv hole piorced through niiy- tiling J iri'^w, I broiitho.) Riinily I. . SoyllTclio.â(Or. 2Ki\ta, a Dog-fish.) SCTLLtCM. â¢wi«>"%WI8P^. Cftnicnla (Lat. o little Day), the Little S/iolted Dni/fith. The SiiAnKS and Kays have no gill-covers, but the water passes thi'ough live elongated apertures on each side of the head. Tlie Sharks arc proverbially ferocious and dangerous crea- tures, and are the pest of those seas which they infest. Their mouths are funiished with sevenil rows of sharp jagged teeth, which can bo iiiised or depressed at pleasure, and which can cut through a limb or even the body of a man with the greatest case. The mouth of these fishes is placed beneufh the head, so that a shark cannot seize a prey at the surface of the water without turning on its side, which evolution often gives time for its expected prey to escape. The Little Spotteb Dog-fish is the most common of the Slmrks that visit our shores. It is principally known on account of the havoc it makes among the fish during the seasons of the various fisheries, for which reason it is most especially detested by the unfortunate fishci-men, who not unfrequently, together with their expected sji
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