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times harpooned. They bring only one young at a time, which is 
dufky ; but grow white as they advance in age; the change firft 
commencing on the belly. They are apt to follow boats, as if they 
were tamed; and appear extremely beautiful, by reafon of their re- 
{plendent whitenefs *. 
It being a fpecies very little known, and never well engraven, I 
fhall give a brief defcription, and adjoin an engraving taken from 
an excellent drawing communicated to me by Dr. Pallas. 
The head is fhort: nofe blunt: fpiracle fmall, of the form of a 
crefcent : eyes very minute: mouth fmall: in each fide of each jaw 
are nine teeth, fhort, and rather blunt; thofe of the upper jaw are 
bent, and hollowed, fitted to receive the teeth of the lower jaw when 
the mouth is clofed: pectoral fins nearly of an oval form: beneath 
the fkin may be felt the bones of five fingers, which .terminate at 
the edge of the fin in five very fenfible projections. This brings it 
into the next of rank in the order of beings with the Manatz. The 
- tail is divided into two lobes, which lie horizontally, but do not 
fork, except a little at their bafe. The body is oblong, and rather 
flender, tapering from the back (which is a little elevated) to the 
tail. It is quite deftitute of the dorfal fin. 
Its length is from twelve to eighteen feet. It makes great ufe of 
its tail in fwimming; for it bends that part under it, as. a. Lobfter 
does its tail, and works it with fuch force as to. dart along with the 
rapidity of an arrow. 
A full account of the fith of the Whale kind, .feen by the Reverend 
Dr. Borlafe + between the Land’s Eud and the Scilly iflands, is a 
defideratum in the Britifh Natural Hiftory. He defcribes them. as 
being from twelve to fifteen feet long; fome were milk-white, others 
brown, others fpotted.. They are called Phornbacks, from.a fharp 
and broad fin on the back. ‘This deftroys my fufpicion of their be- 
ing of the above fpecies. 
* Faun, Grocnl. 51. Tt O8/ Scilly [ands,.4 
T¥... WINGEDs 
DESCRIPTION, 
SIZE. 
