OP FISHES. 
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PORPOISE. 
The Porpoise is, from the tip of the snout 
to the end of the tail, about three or four feet 
in length, and about two feet and a half in 
thickness. Its figure is somewhat, long and 
round, continually tapering towards the tail. 
It is covered with a slender thin skin, not 
fenced with scales. The baek is of a dark 
blue colour, inclining to black; from the 
middle of the side it begins to whiten ; the 
belly is altogether white. It has very small 
eyes. Like the dolphin, it has only three 
fins, one on the middle of the back, and one 
on each shoulder; the tail is forked. When 
out up, its flesh looks very much like pork. 
