THE CACHELOT WHALE. 
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and that at Port Royal it fetched 15c?. currency 
(= 9c?. sterling), per lb. In St. Elizabeth’s at 
the same time it was worth little or nothing. He 
describes, on the information of a scientific friend, 
the legs (or swimming-paws) of this animal as re- 
sembling those of a negro that has the elephantiasis ; 
and affirms that they are of no service to the creature 
in swimming, but only to ‘‘ gravel ” up the roots of 
some river-plants that it feeds on, and for the female 
to secure her calves when apprehensive of any danger. 
From the great silence and caution mentioned as 
necessary in order to approach it, it would appear 
that the Manatee is as timid as it is gentle. These 
qualities, added to its playfulness and docility, its 
love of society and care of its young, are amiable 
traits in its character. 
CETACEA. 
Mr. Hill has favoured me with some notes on the 
Cetacea which inhabit or visit the waters that lave 
the coasts of these islands. The species which I have 
already mentioned as occurring between Porto Rico 
and Haiti was probably distinct from the Dolphin 
alluded to in the following notes. 
THE CACHELOT WHALE. 
“ The sea within this chain of islands is visited by 
the Cachelot Whale {Physeter macrocephalus). I 
cannot say whether they come hither yearly to sound- 
ings, as they are observed to do on the intertropical 
