. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. y of the head, must of f vision. iouH habit of 8i)ringing it blow with its tail on le Shark tribe. IS, the Sawfish.). a), the Sawjish. ;t perfection in the tro- e Mediterranean. The ts name, is a flat, long 3 of which are set hard ed into the bone. y its saw in the attack r inappropriate weapon halo; nor are instances ad firmly imbedded in great. Captain Wilson a Sawfish, measuring ;hing nearly five tons. I net for several hours, tain Wilson got a rope rty men to haul at the )ve it one inch, nor was 'Ifr- NATU
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. y of the head, must of f vision. iouH habit of 8i)ringing it blow with its tail on le Shark tribe. IS, the Sawfish.). a), the Sawjish. ;t perfection in the tro- e Mediterranean. The ts name, is a flat, long 3 of which are set hard ed into the bone. y its saw in the attack r inappropriate weapon halo; nor are instances ad firmly imbedded in great. Captain Wilson a Sawfish, measuring ;hing nearly five tons. I net for several hours, tain Wilson got a rope rty men to haul at the )ve it one inch, nor was 'Ifr- NATURAL HISTOUV. 453 it until one hundred men had been pulling at the rope for nearly the whole of the day, that they succeeded in dragging it on shore. Even then it made such violent strokes with its saw, that they wore forced to fasten strong guy ropes to prevent it from cutting them to pieces. It was finally dis- abled by a Spaniard, who cut through the joint of tlie tail. Family V. Raldiu.—(Lat. Raia, a Skate or Ray.) TourEDC—(Lat, Cramp or numbneaa.). 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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