basking shakk. 
evt » liWy to be less exact L„ 
The floure p tmder the first-named inconveniences. 
the eS” l,\f.T;n ^ Cornwall before 
the example had Mien into the hands of preservers- and th^ 
::5 Sr HVhS S 
ibtt rreij ‘rkrri 5r f i ■»? “t 
alone was able to control its strength. ^ 
confounSd wl* the matrrTh-\'^''- 'f 
peaceable habits did not a 
when It appears to enjoy the sunshine and a calm and hen 
It basks so much at ease as to suffer itself to T ? ^ 
-a: jsf 
snnfish. hw, deU;fdTi::riri“\”'^^^^ “■,» '‘■» 
.urprising length of twenty-five feet. ''”bv''h” °T‘' 
Borlase’s Natural History of On ii v ^ * leference to 
plain. ^ CoruwaU, his mistake is rendered 
I have already taken occasion to mention the on f • 
has resulted from the supposition so T ^ .confusion that 
fish was to be classed among the Whal^- 
and a somewhat amusing result was the ^ "^markable 
error; which ha, had th^e eff:c. If^tpecTXr 
into acquaintance with it under circumstaLes the ^ f ““ T 
expected. Whales, even of kr-e ^ ^ 
fiishionable dish at noble and rovV hi f """ ^ 
and Porpoise especially were admlled to That''''r 
as in the time of King Charles the First- ak , TZ'n 
ond others are so onndid .s to admit' ‘that ley ^0^101 
