Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ction—I would present, in the simplest and clearestmanner possible, my view of the best course to be taken in develop-ing and improving our diplomatic establishment—in the interest ofour country; and in no other interest whatever. It seems to me certain that a proper development of the existingservice, on the general lines I have presented, would not only increasethe prestige and influence of the United States among her sisternations, but, purely from a commercial point of view, would amply 138 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS [vOL. 48 repay us. To
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ction—I would present, in the simplest and clearestmanner possible, my view of the best course to be taken in develop-ing and improving our diplomatic establishment—in the interest ofour country; and in no other interest whatever. It seems to me certain that a proper development of the existingservice, on the general lines I have presented, would not only increasethe prestige and influence of the United States among her sisternations, but, purely from a commercial point of view, would amply 138 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS [vOL. 48 repay us. To have in diplomatic positions at the various capitals alarge proportion of men thoroughly fitted, not only as regards char-acter and intelligence, but also as regards experience and acquaint-ance, and to have them enabled to exert their abilities under the bestconditions, would be, from every point of view, of the greatestadvantage to our country, materially and politically, and would givestrength to our policy throughout the THE HISTORY OF THE WHALE SHARK (RHINODONTYPICUS SMITH) By barton a. BEAN In the month of April, 1828, there was captured by fishermen inTable Bay, Cape of Good Hope, one of the most interesting of livinganimals, being remarkable not only for its unusual structure but forthe huge size it attains. The whale shark unlike other sharks hasa terminal mouth, and the jaws are provided with ribbon-like dentalplates of extremely numerous and minute teeth. This shark is saidto grow to a length of sixty feet and is exceeded in size by no livinganimal other than the whale-bone or right whale. As Dr. Gill hasexpressed it to the writer it is: The greatest, the most gigantic, ofthe sharks, not uncommon in the Indian Ocean, but which, on ac-count of its great size, is represented by remains in few museums andis but little known. This huge animal, like its relative of the north—the basking shark—and like the whale, lives on minute animals such as copepods,oth
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