THE GRAMPUS. Bf 



under lip is fo thick and heavy, that when the animal is 

 on its belly, it is feparated from the upper *. The teeth 

 are fixty in all, thirty upon each jaw ; and between each 

 is a fpace adapted to receive thofe of the oppofite iide, 

 when the mouth is llmtf. Thofe upon the fore parts 

 are blunt, round, and flender, the innermoft fliarp, and of 

 great thicknefs. The fpout hole in this fpecies, is placed 

 at the top of the neck ; the animal is covered with a 

 ilrong fkin, like leather, black upon the back, but dif- 

 playing a large fpot on each Ihoulder, of the fame colour 

 with the belly, which is white ; the fides are marbled 

 •with black and white fpots J. 



The grampus is of all the cetaceous fifh the moft fierce 

 and voracious ; it does not even fpare the porpefie and 

 whale, which are animals of its own order and of fuperior 

 fize ; the latter of thefe fifii it is faid to tear and mangle 

 in fuch a manner with its teeth, that it bellows like a 

 bull from the pain of its wounds |J. The fifliers who 

 formerly repaired to the coafts of Ajnerica^ prohibited 

 the favages from deftroying this fi(h j for by its afliil- 

 ance they were aided in the capture of whales, feals, and 

 other animals : whilft the grampus purfued thefe, and the 

 other monfters of the deep, they were frequently obliged 

 to betake themfelves to the fliallow water in order to e- 

 fcape its mcrcilefs teeth, where the feamen were ready 

 to kill them with javelins and harpoons. 



This fpecies is a profitable capture for the fifliers, as it 

 is faid to yield a very confiderable quantity of oil ; like 

 the porpefles, it fometimes appears upon the BritiJJj 



Vol. III. L coafts; 



• Vide Will, Orca. Lib. II. p. 40. 



- Sibbald, l'hala.'ii. 7, 8. | Brh, Zool. Clafslv. gen- iii, 



;,' Willough. ubi lupi-a. 



