A Peculiar Catch at Well Half Moon Bay Sir Edward Pearce writes from Weihaiwei on October. 5:—"Interested as you are in Weihaiwei Sahing, I enclose photograph of a fish I purchased off a sampan for the huge sum of $1, as I was not certain what he was or is. Several of them have been caught round fait Moon Bay way and the Chin-call them harks. 1 rather think it is a dog-fish. Its weight is 22 Ib. and its length 4 ft. 4 ins."
This letter and the picture were at once referred to Mr. A. de C. Sowerby, who wrote as follo The fish is undoubtedly a shark: of some kind, but as there are many species to be found along the coasts of China, differing but little from each other, it is impossible to say off-hand which this one is. It is not unlike the British "smooth hound." Sir Edward's remark that it looks like a dog-fish does not help, as the dog-fish is only variety of shark, after all, shark being what may be called a generic term. Sharks as large as this and larger are commonly sold in the' Hongkew Market for food.
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