Defiz, 
Tecth, 
ee - PLO RP a: @ Sy Hi 
11 Phe 
Diuawo. Arift. Hiff. an. lib. 
Visicsplzs 
Turfio Phini. Lib. ix. c. 9. 
Le Marfouin. Belon. 
Turfio. Rondel. 474. 
pift- 711. 
Porpeffe. Wil. Icth. 31. Raii 
Syn. pife. 13. Crantz Greenl. 
1,114. Kolben’s Hifl. Cape, 
Gefner 
Clafs IV. 
POORER ES Soke 
Le Marfouin. 
234. 
Delphinus corpore fere coni- 
formi, dorfo lato, roftro fab- 
acuto. <Arted. /ynon. 104. 
Delphinus Phocena. Liz. /y/t. 
108. 
Marfwin, Tumblare. 
Juec. No. 51. 
Briffon Cet 
Faun. 
{I. 200. 
HESE fifth are found in vaft multitudes in 
all parts of the fea that wafh thefe iflands, 
but in greateft numbers at the time when fith of paf- 
fage appear, fuch as mackrel, herrings, and falmon, 
which they purfue up the bays with the fame eager- 
nefs as a pack of dogs does a hare. In fome places 
they almoft darken he fea as they rife above water 
to take breath: but porpeffes not only feek for 
prey near the furface, but often defcend to the bot- 
tom in fearch of fand eels, and fea worms, which. 
they root out of the fand with their nofes in the 
fame manner as hogs do in the fields for their food. 
Their bodies are very thick towards the head, but 
grows flender towards the tail, forming the figure 
of a cone. 
The nofe projects a little, is much fhorter than 
that‘of the dolphin, and is furnifhed with very 
{trong mufcles, which enables it the readier to turn 
up the fand. 
In each jaw are forty-eight teeth, {mall, fharp 
pointed, and a little moveable: like thofe of the dol- 
phin, 
