THE LIVING WORLD. 
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The Pacific Black-fish ( Globiocephalus scammoni) swims near the coast, 
and though its oil is inferior in quality and less in quantity than that of the 
sperm whale (which is generally found in the same neighborhood), it still has 
sufficient value to make man its mortal enemy. 
The Mediterranean Grampus ( Grampus rissoanus ) is naturally the best 
known of the grampuses, since the pen of the historian, the tale of the trav¬ 
eller, and the song of the poet, have delighted in celebrating the glories of this 
world-historical region. 
The North Sea Grampus, or Gray Grampus ( Grampus griseus ), one 
meets with in tales of Arctic exploration. 
The Cape Grampus ( Grampus richardsonii ) is found usually haunting the 
southern coast of Africa, from which fact the name is given. 
The White-headed Grampus ( Grampus stearnsii) is smaller in size, but 
more striking in appearance, since its head and front present, in their white¬ 
ness, the sharpest contrast to the black which elsewhere prevails. 
The Banded Porpoise (. Phocczna lineata) is an inhabitant of the Atlantic, 
and the contrasts in its coloring are very effective. Its body is white below 
and black above, but these colors are separated on the side by a rosy-hued 
band or stripe. 
The Indian Dolphin ( Orcella fluminalis) is a fresh-water animal, rela¬ 
tively small in size, and colored like the unwashed linen of Queen Isabella, whose 
abstinence from soap and water endowed mankind with a new hue ( isabeau ), to 
which, with unusual gratitude, they have given her name. No wonder, since a 
monarch can achieve such great deeds, that some faint-hearted Americans should 
long for the coming of monarchial government, under which they seem to 
assume that they would naturally and necessarily be the ones who sat upon 
the throne. 
The Short-nosed Dolphin ( Orcella brevirostris ) grows to the length of 
eighteen or twenty feet, and although passing most of its time in salt water, 
quite frequently ascends the fresh-water streams to what, at least for his pur¬ 
poses, is the head of navigation. 
The White-beaked Dolphin ( Leucorhampus peronii ) is South American in 
its habitat, the upper and lower halves of the body are colored, the one black 
and the other white. 
The Right Whale Porpoise (. Leucorhampus borealis) is a species similar 
to the last, but going no further south than San Diego. 
The Spectacled Porpoise ( Leucorhampus perspicillatus ) belongs to the same 
family, but has black rims like spectacles above its eyes. It is tri-colored, 
black above, white below and lead-colored between. 
The Pacific Dolphin ( Leucorhampus obliquidens) is well known to those 
who visit the Pacific slope, for it surrounds the ships in large schools, and 
entertains the passengers by its gambols. It has seemingly an appreciation 
for music, even though lacking the power to create music for itself and for 
others, and amidst the limited amusements of a sea-voyage its peculiarities 
often form the theme of the story-teller, whether he be content with his own 
experiences and imaginings, or mingle with these the plentiful stores of 
Greek mythology. Its under parts are pearl-colored, the upper parts dark bottle- 
green, and its sides are striped alternately with black and gray. 
The Pacific Cow-fish ( Tursiops gillii ) is a solitary dolphin, which fre- 
