HIGH-FINNED CACHALOT* &C. 405 
and pointed fin. This species swims swiftly* and 
is said to be a great enemy to the porpesse* which 
it pursues and preys upon. Its colour is black 
above* and white beneath. Some of the supposed 
varieties of this whale* are said to* be grown to the 
length of eighty or an hundred feet. The teeth 
are of a more curved form than the rest of the 
genus. 
A variety is mentioned by Brisson* in which the 
teeth are straight* or nearly so. 
High-finned cachalot. 
This is particularly distinguished by the great 
length and narrow form of its dorsal fin* which is 
placed almost upright on the back* it is said by 
some authors to appear at a distance like the mast 
of a ship ; the animal growing* if we may believe 
report* to the length of an hundred feet. In its 
general appearance* it is said much to resemble 
the former species* of which it may* perhaps* be 
a variety* rather than truely distinct* but so much 
obscurity still prevails with respect to the cetaceous 
animals, that this point must be considered as very 
doubtful. 
DOLPHIN TRIBE. 
These animals inhabit various seas* being occa- 
sionally found both in hot and cold climates. They 
are much smaller than the whales* the largest spe« 
cies* which is the grampus* seldom exceeding 
twenty or five and twenty feet in length* The co* 
