Sd the porfssse. 



greatefl abundance around the Biiiijh ifles. In fur.1i vafl 

 numbers do they appear in fome pi ices, that the tirner- 

 men are not fafe to venture among them in a fmgll boat. 

 When gamboling upon the fummit befor3 a itorm they 

 appear almolt to darken the furface of the water *. In 

 timco of fair weather, they are feen herding together, and 

 purfuing the fhoals of mackrel with great impctuofity. 

 Their manner of hunting after their prey is dillinguiilied. 

 by the f;ime eagernefs and difpofition to a6l in concert, 

 that is obferveable among dogs when purfuing a haref. 

 They are feen urging them from one bay or creek to an- 

 other, deterring them from the fhallow water, and driving 

 them towards each other's ambufli, with all the art of 

 an experienced greyhound. 



uhe Giampus %, 



iHIS animal feldom exceeds the length of twenty-five 

 feet, but is remarkably thirk in proportion, t])e breadth 

 being to the length, as ten to eighteen. It was with rea- 

 fon that Pliny called it an immenfe heap of ilefii, armed 

 with dreadful teeth §. From its refemblance to a wine 

 caQc in the thicknefs and rotundity of its form, it obtained 

 the name of area among the ancients. 



The nofe of the grampus is fiat, and turned up ; the 



under 



* Pennant's Brit. Zool, f Gold mith's Nat. Hift. 



J L'Epanlard, Briffon. Dclpl.inu^ Orca L n. Syft, 

 § CujuR imago niilia reprei'entatione cxptimi potell alia, quam carnis 

 immeufje dentibus traculenti s. Lib. ix, cap. vi. 



