receyitly captured in Lynn Harbatir. 899 



commercial point of view, is so great, that every attempt to 

 avail himself of the few opportunities that are presented will 

 be eagerly seized by the true lover of nature ; and his observ- 

 ations, however cursory, readily communicated to those who 

 have not been so favoured. 



As it is probable that many of your readers have never had 

 an opportunity of examining any, even of the smaller genera, 

 of the whale tribe, you will, 1 think, be glad to receive an 

 account of a grampus (Z)elphinus f/rca) which has been 

 recently captured in Lynn Harbour, about ten miles from the 

 town. 



The animal, which is a male, was discovered by some 

 fishermen on the 19th of the last month, with his dorsal fin 

 rising just above the surface of the water. He was imme- 

 diately driven into the shallows, and attacked by the men ; 

 but not being provided with proper weapons, it was with 

 much difficulty they were able to despatch him by the help 

 of knives and sharpened oars. The groans of the poor ani- 

 mal are described as having been most horrible, and the 

 effusion of blood very great. Being at length deprived of 

 life, he was towed up the river to the town, and landed on the 

 quay, whence he was drawn by six horses through the streets, 

 to the place where the carcass was flenched, or cut up. 



The accompanying drawing [Jig, 5Q,) is a faithful repre- 



sentation of the body, when lying on the ground; and the 

 dimensions, taken as accurately as circumstances would admit, 

 are given below. 



The descriptions of the grampus, in the works on natural 

 history to which I have had an opportunity of referring, do 

 not exactly correspond with the above specimen; but that 

 which approaches nearest to it is the following, taken from 

 the last edition of the Encyclopaedia B7'itannica. 



4th Genus. — Z)ELPHrNUS. 

 " Maxilla utraque dentata : fistula in fronte. 

 " Both jaws are furnished with teeth ; the spout in the 

 forehead. 



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