the forpesse. 79 
j Cne ^ no ^' ,an fix concealed apertures or foramina 
^dmg to the brain, which have been fuppofed to be its 
°-6 s ns of fmell ; a fenfe which it probably poffefTes in 
a greater degree than other Mies .* The tongue is flat, 
Pectinated at the edges, and fattened down to the bottom 
of tbe mouth f. 
The ttru&ure of the vifcera of this fiih appears more 
complex, and indicates an organization fomewhat fupe- 
t ^° r t0 tbe re fi °f the tribe ; we are perfuaded however, 
i3t a more minute examination of the parts would dif- 
t ° Veran exa & conformity between it and the different ce- 
^ceous tribes. The porpeffe, according to Willoughby %, 
la aS three fiomachs : the firft, large, wrinkly and mpfcu- 
j. ’ ^ 0r reducing the fliells of fifli which it devours ; the 
ler° nd W3S alfo lar S e > em pty, and furniihed with fmal- 
oth TOUfcIeS 5 the third a PP ea red a kind of adjunct to the 
er two, and contained a quantity of aflimulated chyle. 
a livid colour. 
the^ 110 Wh ° le body of tbe P or P e fie, immediately below 
an e . fliltl > ‘s covered with a coat of fat refembling lard, of 
^ mch thick. Various ufes, in the economy of the ani- 
f end' are afligned t0 this fub tlan ce : it is fuppofed to de- 
tve^h^ b ° d7 fr ° m inJUr7 3nd C ° Id; t0 diminifll its 
Prder C ^ ** ^ malie ^ e tt ui P onderate with the water, in 
effort the fi ‘ h Uiay alternatd y rife and fink without 
b rea . Whlle employed in the different operations of 
lt es th n ‘^ and collet); ing food. Beneath this coat of fat 
of „ i lec ^ thick, and mufcular, refembling that 
a hog J. 5 
'11 the cetaceous fillies, the porpefles are found in 
• JN 
1 Hifl- - r a ^ 0r a I >U ^ though, + Britifii Zool. ubi fupra. 1 
§ Idem ubi fupra. J 
greateft 
