Class IV. P O R P E S S E. 



latter being quite another kind of fifh, the Ccry- 

 'phdena^ Hippuris of Linnaus^ p» 446, and the Do- 

 rado of the Portuguefe^ defcribed by Willughhyy p. 

 213. 



^9 



^maiva. Arifi. hiji. an, Lih, 



VI. c. 12. Turfio Plinii, 



Lib. IX. c. 9. 

 Le Marfouin. Belon. 

 Turiio. Rondel. 474. Gefner 



fife. 711. 

 PorpeiTe. Wil. lah. 31. Rail 



^n. pifc. 13. Crantz's Greenl. 



I. 114. Kolben's HiJi. CoM, 



II. 200. "" ' 



Le Marfouin. Brijfm Get, 



Deiphinus corpore fere coni- 

 formi, dorfo lato, roftro fu- 

 bacuto. Arted. fynon. 104. 



Deiphinus Phoc^na. Z/?z. ^y?- 

 108. 



Marfwin, Tumblare. Faun» 

 Suec. No. si. 



25. POR- 



PESSl. 



THESE filh are found in vafc multitudes in 

 all parts of the fea that wafli thefe idands, 

 but in greateil numbers at the time when filli of 

 paflage appear, fuch as m.ackrel, herrings, and 

 falmon, which they purfue up the bays with the 

 fame eagerncfs as a pack of dogs does a hare. In 

 fome places they almoft darken the fea as they 

 rife above water to take breath : but porpeifes not 

 only feek for prey near the furface, but often 

 defcend to the bottom in fearch of fand eels, and 

 fea worms, which they root out of the fand with 

 their nofes in the fam.e manner as hogs do in the 

 fields for their food. 



Their bodies are very thick towards the head, 

 F 3 but 



Descrip. 



