408 Fishes. 
name of ambergris is also obtained from the body of 
this animal. It is generally found in the stomach, but 
sometimes in the intestines ; and, in a commercial point 
of view, is a highly valuable production. The sper- 
maceti is in a fluid state while the animal is living, and 
as soon as it is dead a hole is made in the head, and the 
liquid taken out with buckets. It becomes solid as it 
cools, and it is afterwards made into candles, &c. 
When we reflect that the same Power whose will has 
formed the immense bulk of this marine monster has 
also given animation, senses, and passions to the smallest 
of the microscopic animalcules, how lowered must be 
the pride of man, who, standing in the middle, and 
nearly at equal distance from both, is yet unable to 
comprehend the mechanism which puts them in motion, 
and much less that intelligence and power which has 
given them life, and has assigned to them their respec- 
tive stations in the universe ! Let us then exclaim, 
with astonishment and gratitude, with the Psalmist : 
" O Lord, how inscrutable are thy ways, how magnifi- 
cent thy works !" 
THE DOLPHIN. (Delpliinus delphis.) 
This animal, like the whale, is not considered a fish, 
though it lives in the water, as it has warm blood and 
suckles its young, which are born alive. It has also 
lungs instead of gills, and is therefore obliged to raise 
its head above the surface of the water to breathe. 
The Dolphin is from six to ten feet in length. The 
