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DOLPHIN. 



Delphiniw Delphi*. D. corpoft obfongo tubttrtti, roi/ro alien H- 



ato acuto. tin. Sy$t. Nat. p. 108. Jrtcdi. Cat. 76. by*. 105. 

 Dolphin with ublong subcylindric b/xly, and lengthened harpuh 



snout. 

 Delphinus. Plin. >. 9. c. 7, 8. n. c. 37. Mlcm. 



Aqvat. p. 7. Rondel. Fix. p. 459. Get*. Aijuat. p. 380. 



Aldr. Puc. p. 701. 703, 704. Jwuf. Puc. a 1 8. 

 Porcua marinus. 6'i6A. Scot. Ann. p. 33. 

 Dolphin. Pennant Brit. /oul. p. 58. 



THE Dolphin, as observed in the- pKcnlin^ :n- 



lit-aiN .1 i^rrat rcM-inl>luncc to the 1'orjx 

 but has a nincli longer and sharper snout, and the 

 shape of the body i.s rather more .slender. It aU 

 grows to a larger size, measuring eight or ten tec t 

 in length, and is black above and \\hiti.th beneath. 

 The mouth is very wide; the teeth very nume- 

 rous, small, sharp, and ^et, a-, in the Porpesse, in 

 a strait row on each side of both jaw*: the eyes 

 are small, the back fin seated a-% in the loi 

 speeirs, beyond the middle of the back. 'J he 

 Dolphin is found in the Mediterranean and In- 

 dian seas, and seems t<> nei.illy eoutouiulcil 



by navigators witli the Porpoise, having the same 

 general manners and appeal anee. It preys on 

 \. n ions kinds of fish, and is said to be sometimes- 

 -een attacking and Bounding even the larger 

 kind of Whales. It swims \eiy swiftly. The 

 appearance both of this species and the IWpesie 

 at sea, is generally considered as one of the pit - 

 hides of an approaching storm. The prejudices of 

 the ancients were of a contrary cast: with them 

 this animal was celebrated for its supposed aflec- 



