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NATURAL HISTORY.
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7. Squalus.
Captain King in his MSS. observes, that a species of shark was observed commonly near the shores, having a short nose, with a very capacious mouth; the body was of an ash grey colour, marked with darker spots, of a round shape, and about two inches in diameter. This shark was usually ten or eleven feet long.
ANNELIDES.
1. Leodice gigantea. Savigny Syst. des Annel. p. 49. Lam. v. 322.
Eunice gigantea, Cuv. Règ. Anim. ii. 524.
Nereïs aphroditoïs, Pall. Nov. Act. Petrop. ii. 2209. tab. 5. fig. 1.7.
Terebella aphroditoïs, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 3114.
The specimen brought by Captain King is nearly five feet long, and was procured at the Isle of France.
