. Annals and magazine of natural history : including zoology, botany and geology. Zoological Society. 493 teiini, ohliqn^ striatuM, diaphand, nitiduM, fuho-lutescente; spird subelevatd, apice obtusd; anfractibus 4 planiuscuUs, ul- timo obsolete subangtdato; columella brevissimd, bast sub- nodosd, in eallum circumscriptum, sub lente grannlatum retror- sum dilatatd; aperturd subobliqud, setnilunari; peristomate simplice, breviter expanso, margine basali leviter arcuato, in nodulum columellaretn sensim transiente. Diam. 5, altit. 3i mill. Hab. Honduras ; Mr. Dyson. May 28.—William Yarrell, Esq.,
. Annals and magazine of natural history : including zoology, botany and geology. Zoological Society. 493 teiini, ohliqn^ striatuM, diaphand, nitiduM, fuho-lutescente; spird subelevatd, apice obtusd; anfractibus 4 planiuscuUs, ul- timo obsolete subangtdato; columella brevissimd, bast sub- nodosd, in eallum circumscriptum, sub lente grannlatum retror- sum dilatatd; aperturd subobliqud, setnilunari; peristomate simplice, breviter expanso, margine basali leviter arcuato, in nodulum columellaretn sensim transiente. Diam. 5, altit. 3i mill. Hab. Honduras ; Mr. Dyson. May 28.—William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. The following papers were read :— 1,. On Shark Fishing at Kurrachee. In a Letter from Dr. Buist, , etc., of Bombay, to Colonel Sykes. (Communicated by Colonel Sykes.) There are thirteen large boats, with crews of twelve men each, constantly employed in the shark fishery at Kurrachee ; the value of the fins sent to market varying from 15,000 to 18,000 rupees, or 1000 to 1200 rupees for each boat, after allowing the Banian or factor his profit. One boat will sometimes capture at a draught as many as one hundred sharks of different sizes. The fishermen are very averse to revealmg the amount of their cap- tures. Inquiries of this sort are supposed by them to be made exclusively for the pur- pose of taxation. The average capture of each boat probably amounts to about 3000, so as to give the whole sharks captured at not less than 40,000 a year. The Great Basking Shark, or Mhor, is always harpooned: it is found floating or asleep near the surface of the water; it is then stuck with a harpoon of the size and form indicated in the annexed woodcut. The fish, once struck, is allowed to run till tired; it is then pidled in, and beaten with clubs till stunned. A large hook is now hooked into its eyes or nostrils, or wherever it can be got most easily attached, and by this the shark is towed on shore; several boats are requisite for towing. The M
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