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Coryph^na Hippurus. Dolphin. Head comprefled: body 
long and flender: lateral line waved at the beginning; appears 
when fwiming to be fhaded with black, blue, and green; but its 
real colour is greenifli fpotted with blue: tail much forked: 
length three or four feet. D. 60. P. 21. V. 6. A. 26. 
This fifh is met with by navigators between the tropics, both 
in the Atlantic and Pacific ocean; and fhould have been placed 
among the enemies of the flying-fifh: fwims fwiftly: is good eat¬ 
ing: the bait ufed by feamen to take it, is an artificial fiying-filh 
made of tin or wood; with fins of briftles or feathers. 
