. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 200 THE SMOOTH HOUND. The Toi)e is commoner towards the southern than the northern coast, but wherever it is found, it is an intolerable nuisance, behaving itself much after the example set by the blue Shark, and being, in proportion to its dimensions, quite as injurious to the fish- ing interest. Like the last-mentioned species, it produces living young, the number of a single family being about thirty. They are born in May and June, and mostly remain on the coasts through their first w
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 200 THE SMOOTH HOUND. The Toi)e is commoner towards the southern than the northern coast, but wherever it is found, it is an intolerable nuisance, behaving itself much after the example set by the blue Shark, and being, in proportion to its dimensions, quite as injurious to the fish- ing interest. Like the last-mentioned species, it produces living young, the number of a single family being about thirty. They are born in May and June, and mostly remain on the coasts through their first winter, not retiring into deep water till they have entered their second year. Like the blue Shark, the Tope is fond of robbing the fishermen's hooks, and will in like manner endeavor to free itself when hooked, biting through the line, or rolling round with. PICKED DOGFISH AND SMOOTH HOIIND.—^canttjas milgm-U et Mvstelus mlgarie. such rapidity that it winds the long cord about its body into tangled knots. The upper surface of the Tope is slaty-gray, becoming lighter towards the abdomen, which is nearly white. Tope {OaleorMnus galeus). The common name of this Shark is local in the tropical countries. Penny Dog and Miller's Dog are names applied to it in Europe. It is one of the species that brings its young forth alive. They are bom in May, and the brood is said to be thirty in number. San Francisco is recorded as one locality it inhabits. It seems to be the only species yet known in America. The prettily marked and curiously toothed Smooth Hound is also knowTi under the titles of Skate-toothed Shark and Ray-toothed Dog, the two latter titles being appropriately. 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; Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888; Prang, Louis,
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