DOLPHINS 257 



reversal of the "Canting Crest." The Dauphin 

 took his style from the arms of Dauphine* ; in other 

 cases (e.g., Luces = pike, the Luceys) the arms were 

 from the name of the individual. 



So many tales dating from antiquity have been told 

 concerning the intelligence and usefulness to man of 

 the dolphin, that the following modern one may be 

 not without interest : 



"In Moreton Bay," relates Mr. Fairholm,* "the 

 natives use to aid the men in the capture of ' Mullet,' 

 a kind of ' Porpoise.' f When a shoal of the fish 

 comes into the bay the natives, with their spears, 

 make a peculiar splashing in the water. Whether 

 the porpoises really understand this as a signal, or 

 think it is the fish, it is difficult to determine ; but 

 the result is always the same. They at once come 

 in towards, driving the mullet before them." The 

 relator of this incident thinks that the whales really 

 understand and assist. 



The dolphin when born is one of those species 

 which have a few hairs ; 5-7 have been counted on 

 each side, forming the "moustache." 



Delphimis longirostris, Cuvier,| may be a distinct 

 form. It is thus defined : Teeth, 58-65. Rostrum 

 very elongated, about 67^9 per cent, of whole length 

 of skull. 



This species is only to be defined by the above 



* Proc. ZooL Soc., 1856, p. 353. 

 f No genus or species is given. 

 1 Regne Anini., 2nd ed., 1829, p. 288, 



