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inconsiderable capture, as it yields a very 

 large quantity of oil ; and the lean of some, 

 particularly if the animal be young, is said to 

 be as well tasted as veal. The inhabitants of 

 Norway prepare, from the eggs found in the 

 body of this fish, a kind of cavier, which is 

 said to be a very delicate sauce, or good when 

 even eaten with bread. There is a fishery for 

 porpoise along the western isles of Scotland 

 during the summer season, when they abound 

 on that shore ; and this branch of industry 

 turns to good advantage. 



As for the rest, we are told, that these ani- 

 mals go with young ten months ; that, like 

 the whale, they seldom bring forth above one 

 at a time, and that in the midst of summer : 

 that they live to a considerable age ; though 

 some say not above twenty-five or thirty years ; 

 and they sleep with the snout above water. 

 They seem to possess, in a degree proportioned 

 to their bulk, the manners of whales ; and (he 

 history of one species of cetaceous animals, 

 will, in a great measure, serve for all the rest 



