Mr. Macgillivray's Account of Ike Outer Hebrides. 165 



12. Of the Delpkinus Hyperoodon an individual was cast ashore 

 in the island of Tarnsay about twelve years ago, of which I obtained 

 the teeth. 



13. I have heard of an individual of the fin whale, Balcena Phy^ 

 salus, 70 feet in length, having been cast ashore on the island of 

 South Uist ; but I had no opportunity of examining it. Dr. Wal- 

 ker mentions its having been occasionally cast ashore in Lewis. 



It is more than probable that many other cetaceous animals occur 

 in these seas, although I am unable to say any thing respecting 

 them from my own observation. 



. Stragglers must of course be inhabitants of the ocean, and of such 

 I have only a single example to mention. An individual of the 

 Walrus, Trichechus Rosmarus, presented itself on the east coast 

 of Harris, in the end of December 1817, and was shot, as it lay upon 

 a rock near Caolas Stocnis. This individual was about 10 feet 

 long. Its tusks projected 84 inches beyond the gum. The occur- 

 rence of so rare an animal excited great astonishment at the time, 

 and the courage of the person who ventured to shoot it was highly 

 extolled. It formed the subject of many a conversation over the 

 whole district ; and its ghost appeared to a young woman in a dream, 

 stating that it had visited their inhospitable coast in search of a lost 

 brother. I was in the country at the time, and saw the animal after 

 it had been mutilated. 



. If we except the Cetacea, which are probably numerous in the 

 seas of the Outer Hebrides, the mammifera which occur in these is- 

 lands are, as has been seen, few in number. Of the Quadrumana 

 there are of course none. Of the Cheiroptera, I have not seen 

 even the species so common in other parts of Scotland. Of the 

 Ferce there are only four species, although it is probable one or two 

 seals will yet be added to the list. Of the Glires I know only two 

 with certainty that are indigenous, and two naturalized ; and of 

 the Ruminantia only one : while the orders Marsupialia, Eden- 

 tata, and Pachydermata, are entirely without representatives. It 

 is of course needless to say what animals are not to be found there, 

 as the fox, the water rat, or the mole ; and all that it is necessary 

 to add is, that with respect to the proper land animals, I do not 

 expect any addition to be made, as I have been particular in my 

 inquiries respecting them. 



( To be continued.) 



ART. II. Account of the Falls of the River St. John, (New 

 Brunswick.) By Robert Foulis, Esq.* (With a Plate. J 



The Grand Falls of the river St. John, are situated on the 

 northern confines of the province of New Brunswick, near its 

 separation from Lower Canada, by an imaginary line drawn 



* Read before the Royal Physical Society. 



