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They shout for joy ! And now on her alone 

 Their fury falls, and all their darts are thrown ; 

 Their fixed jav'Iins in her sides she wears, 

 And on her back a grove of pikes appears. 

 Roaring, she tears the air with such a noise 

 As well resembled the conspiring voice 

 Of routed armies when the field is won, 

 To reach the ears of her escaping son. 

 He, though a league removed from the foe, 

 Hastes to her aid : — 



The men amaz'd, blush 'd to observe the seed 

 Of monsters human piety exceed ! 

 Their courage droops, and hopeless now they wish 

 For composition with th' unconquer'd fish ; 

 Not daring to approach their wounded foe, 

 TVTiom her courageous son protected so. — 

 The rising tide, ere long, their efforts aid, 

 And to the deep a passage for them made ; 

 And thus they parted with exchange of harms, 

 Much blood the monsters lost* and they — ^their arms. 



We now proceed to the survey of tlie several 

 genera in their order ; and in doing so, we beg to 

 remind our readers that the whole order is divided 

 into two great tribes, the Ordinary and Herbivorous 

 Cetacea. The former is distinguished chiefly by 

 being more pisciform in its appearance, and entirely 

 so in its habits ; ranging throughout the depths of 

 the ocean, and feeding upon the usual prey of 

 fishes; whilst the latter, though wholly aquatic, 

 approximates to t he amphibiae, and resides at the 

 estuaries of rivers, there feeding on the vegetables 

 which grow on the shores and shallows. The former, 



