88 COMMON DOLPHIN. Class IV. 



GENUS V. DOLPHIN. 



Teeth in both jaws. 



1. Common. &sk$tg» Arist. Hist. an. lib. Delphinus corpore longo sub- 



vi. c. 12. AeX^. JElian tereti, rostro longo acuto. 



lib. i. c. 18. Arted. Syn. 105. 



Delphinus Plinii, lib. ix. c. 8. Le Dauphin. Brisson Cet. 233, 



Le Daulphin, ou oye de mer. He la Cepede. Hist, des Cet. 



Belon Poiss. 7. 250. tab. 15. /. 1. 



Delphinus. Rondel. 45Q. Ges- Delphinus Delphis. Gm. Lin, 



ner pise. 310,. Caii opusc. 230. 



113. Dolphin. Borlase Cormvalh 



Delphinus Antiquorum. Wil. 264. tab. 27- Crantz. GreenL 



Icth. 28. Raii Syn. pise. i. 115, 



12. 



xilSTORIANS and philosophers seem to 

 have contended who should invent most fables 

 concerning this fish. It was consecrated to the 

 Gods, was celebrated in the earliest time for 

 its fondness of the human race, was honored 

 with the title of the Sacred Fish* and distin- 

 guished by those of Boy-loving, and Philan- 

 thropist. It gave rise to a long train of inven- 

 tions, proofs of the credulity and ignorance 

 of the times. 



* Athenceus, 281. 



