THE DOLPHIN. 
n 
“n,ike the beak of fome birds; and hence the Trench 
call it the fea-goofe *. Its teeth are forty- two in number, 
placed in both jaws, and bended a little towards the 
m ° utlu They are placed at fuch a d ilia nee, that each 
to oth enters into a fpace between two in the oopofite 
jaw, 
The Ikin of tbefe flfhes is fmooth, of a dulky colour 
0(1 the back and fides ; while the belly is white. The 
^°rm of the tail is femilunar ; that of the back fin, high, 
tftangular, a n d placed nearer to the tail than the head f 
a l be Porpejfe J. 
T 
8E filkermen do not diftinguilh this filh from the dol- 
^ n > which it nearly refetnbles : Both are known by the 
of porpeffe among the Englifo Tailors ; and the 
j >en: b with indiferimation call them maffouins. The 
j er word is derived from the German, and the former 
t ^ 0rn Italian language : the import of both is the 
k e ' ame > and expreffes the refemblanee which this fifli 
to a hog§. It is probably from the particular ihapf' 
the 
fo 
n °fe, that the animal has obtained this 
r n ^ enera ^y among the modern nations of Europe. The 
ut Projects confiderably, though not fo long as that of 
the 
Eriaih Zoology, L’oic de la mere. 
] Wen >> Clafs ; v . Gc-n. 
♦ Le Mirfouin. Britton 
De!pliinu3 Phorcxna, Lin. Syft. 
^ ^" a ‘ n ^ en ^tes a fca*fwine y and Porcopcfce may be tranflated 
