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a ,]y are occafioned by forne prefentiment of that tur- 
U ™ ce and commotion which is foon to take place in 
>'i element; a commotion- which obliges the ftnaller 
!es t0 to the bottom, and which of courfe deprives 
t tem 0 f their accuftomed prey. 
Almoit every thing marvellous in natural hiftory dis- 
appears on farther acquaintance, and more accurate exa- 
mination of the fubjeft. This has been the fate of all 
g ° v ex traordinary circumftances related of the dolphin. 
0 great is the number of thofc animals that play around 
- 11S lfland > and fo frequently are they taken, that expe- 
t r , enCe and ccular . teftimony, loon contradiaed thofc tales 
had been the growth of credulity and ignorance. 
16 fwittnefs of thefe animals in the purfuit of their 
P re y. and their extraordinary avidity to fecure it, are al- 
th e only peculiarities (if fuch they can be called) 
th ‘ llCh larther experience has afcertained to belong to 
^ or at leafl to charaiierife their manners. Brian * 
m 3 ago remarked, that they ea% came up with the 
lo: 
ft 
a j P ln wl >ich he was, though in full fail before a briik 
ref! 5 - and that they l ,Ia >' ed around her, with a velocity 
f w ^ bl!ng that of 3 bird in the air. This extraordinary 
of ! tn q fS of the dolphin feems to be the combined effed 
to !f' lty 3nd ftrength : b 7 means of it they are enabled 
macJ! ! dr f adful bavoc araon S falmon, herring and 
tle s w :.,' f nCy 3re fl ' e T lent! 7 feen fighting pitched tat-. 
Ian ge The tW ° different ki,ld ® of fift 
In “ne f T * ° D ’ hte conte >‘ db >g armies. 
- thefe engagements, at the opening into_the Dar n 
danellesy 
fifll m Mediterranean refenibling a falmon. 
