592 FISHES IN GENERAL. 



the natne of spinous fishes, from the sharpness of therr 

 bones bearing a resemblance to a thorn. 



Thus it may be observed that there are three grand 

 divisions, the cetaceous, the cartilaginous, and the spi- 

 nous kind, all differing from each other in their appear- 

 ance aud conformation, and in their manner of educat- 

 jiigt their young. 



CHAP. IL 



OF CETACEOUS FISHES IN GENERAL. 



TVS on land there are some orders of animals that ap- 

 pear formed to command the rest, so in the ocean we 

 find some kind of fishes endowed with instincts that 

 exalt them above others of the race, and though re- 

 siding in an element that distinguishes them from qua- 

 drupeds, yet resembling them in many instances in their 

 internal form and make. This tribe is composed of the 

 whale and its varieties, the cachalot, the dolphin, the 

 grampus, and the porpoise, all of which seem to pos- 

 sess those appetites and affections which more particu- 

 larly belong to the animal race : they are formed with 

 lungs, midriff, stomach, and intestines, exactly like 

 those of the quadruped kind : and all cetaceous fish 

 have their sight defended by eyelids which resemble 

 those of the human race. 



Other fish deposit their spawn, totally regardless of 

 the existence which it conceals ; but the cetaceous tribe 

 of animals, though they produce but one or two at a 

 time, seem to experience for their offspring both soli- 

 citude and care, supplying them with nutriment from 

 . their own bodies, and caressing them with fondness 

 whilst they hang upon their breast. Mr. Walter, in 



