ZOOLOGY.^— BELUGA. 501 



the same animal was also made by Mr Syme, paint- 

 er to the Wernerian Society, and author of " Il- 

 lustrations of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours." 

 I have been favoured, through Professor Jameson, 

 with a copy of this drawing, as an illustration of 

 this article *. 



The beluga is generally met with in families or 

 herds of five or ten together. They are plentiful in 

 Hudson's Bay, Davis' Strait, and on some parts of 

 the northern coasts of Europe and Asia, where they 

 frequent some of the larger rivers. They are taken 

 for the sake of the oil they produce, by harpoons or 

 strong nets ; in the latter case, the nets are extend- 

 ed across the stream, so as to prevent their escape 

 out of the river ; and when thus interrupted in 

 their course to seaward, they are attacked with lan- 

 ces, and great numbers are sometimes killed. I 

 have several times seen them on the coast of Spitz- 

 bergen ; but never in numbers of more than three 

 or four at a time. 



• See Plate XIV. 



