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chance, watch him; and yon will then see the great Sperm whale him- 
self in miniature. 
BOOK III. ( Duodecimo ), Chapter II. ( Algerine Porpoise ). — A 
pirate. Very savage. He is only found, I think, in the Pacific. He 
is somewhat larger than the Huzza Porpoise, but much of the same 
general make. Provoke him, and he will buckle to a shark. I have 
lowered for him many times, but never yet saw him captured. 
BOOK III. (Duodeci mo), Chapter III. (Mealy-mouthed Porpoise). 
— The largest kind of Porpoise ; and only found in the Pacific, so far 
as it is known. The only English name, by which he has hitherto been 
designated, is that of the fishers — 'Bight-Whale Porpoise, from the cir- 
cumstance that he is chiefly found in the vicinity of that Polio. In 
shape, he differs in some degree from the Huzza Porpoise, being of a 
less rotund and jolly girth; indeed, he is quite a neat and gentlemanlike 
figure. He has no fins on his back (most other porpoises have), he 
has a lovely tail, and sentimental Indian eyes of a hazel hue. But his 
mealy-mouth spoils all. Though his entire back down to his side fins 
is of a deep sable, yet a boundary line, distinct as the mark in a ship’s 
hull, called the “bright waist,” that line streaks him from stem to 
stern, with two separate colours, black above, and white below. The 
white comprises part of his head, and the whole of his mouth, which 
makes him look as if he had just escaped from a felonious visit to a 
meal-bag. A most mean and mealy aspect ! His oil is much like that 
of the common porpoise. 
Beyond the Duodecimo, this system does not proceed, inasmuch as 
the Porpoise is the smallest of the whales. Above, you have all the 
leviathans of note. But there are a rabble of uncertain, fugitive, half- 
fabulous whales, which, as an American whaleman, I know by reputa- 
tion, but not personally. I shall enumerate them by their forecastle 
appellations ; for possibly such a list may be valuable to future investi- 
gators, who may complete what I have here but begun. If any of the 
following whales shall hereafter be caught and marked, then he can 
readily be incorporated into this system, according to his Folio, Octavo, 
or Duodecimo magnitude: — The Bottle-Hose Whale; the Junk Whale; 
the Pudding-Headed Whale ; the Cape Whale ; the Leading Whale ; the 
