198 



BOTTLENOSE PORPOISE TRUE. 



1 measured the total length of eleven iiidividuals of this school, in- 

 cluding the two already mentioned, as they lay together on the beach; 

 also, in eight cases, the length of the pectoral fin, or flipper, in a straight 

 line along its center. The dimensions were as follows : 



The average length in tiiis school was about 9 feet. 



On the next day a second haul was made and twenty porpoises were 

 captured. Of these ten were males and ten females. The largest in- 

 dividual measured 9 feet 4 inches in a straight line, and the smallest 

 5 feet 4 inches. The majority, however, as in the previous haul, were 

 about 9 feet in length. 



The nets were run out a second time on the same day, and the catch 

 consisted of seventeen porpoises, of which nine were males and eight 

 females. 



After this time no more porpoises came sufBcieutly near the beach to 

 enable the fishermen to encircle them with, their nets, until May 19. 

 Two hauls were made on that day. As a result of the first, fourteen 

 porpoises were captured, of which six were males and eight females. 

 I measured the total length of each, with the following result: 



