THE P0RPES3E. 
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greateft abundance around tin Britijh ifles. In fuch vafl 
numbers do they appear m fome places, thAt the iher- 
men are not fafe to venture among them in a Imail boat. 
When gamboling upon the fummit before a ftoim they 
appear almoft to darken the furface of the water *. In 
times of fair weather, they are feen herding together, and 
purfuing the fhoals of mackrel with great impetuofity. 
Their manner of hunting after their prey is diftingudhed 
by the fame eagernefs and difpofition to acl in co..> eft, 
that is obferveabie among dogs when purfuing a haref. 
They are feen urging them from one bay or creek to an- 
other, deterring them from the fiiallow water, and driving 
them towards each other’s ambufli, with all the art of 
am experienced greyhound. 
’The Grampus t. 
This animal feldom exceeds the length of twenty -five 
feet, but is remarkably thick in proportion, the breadth 
being to the length, as ten to eighteen. It was with rea- 
fon that Pliny called it an immenfe heap of flefh, armed 
with dreadful teeihS. From its refemblance to a wine 
cafe in the thicknefs and rotundity of its form, it obtained 
the name of area among the ancients. 
The nofe of the grampus is flat, and turned' up ; the 
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* Pennant's Brit. Z«>1. f Gold mith’s Nat. Hift. 
J L’Epaulard, Briffon. Dclpl.inus Orca, Lin. Syft 
§ (Jujus imago nulla reprefentatione expiimi poteft alia, <juam earn. 1 * 
immenfe dentibus truculent is. L;b, is. cap. vi. 
