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M&UUAL?A.] NATORAL HISTORY. 41? (?o DBLPHINOBJFrN'GHU8 PeroNe?TaNS!8 ? ?p?u? Delphh, vat. B?t?e, ?ney. Cef?. ?1. A ?sd, sppuren?y ?l? to. this s?cies, w? brought home ?d de?si? in ?e collemon of ?e B?sh Mu?um. ?is s?m? is very ?ommon upon the nowhere e? New Ho?sud. New ?u? W? ? ?e north-wes, m ?de ? New e?t Coast, witch the r?fs, ?e ?a is crowded wi? ?led by ?e whalers, who pay litde a?n?ou to t?em, on ac?unt of ?e d?r oF approving ?em. His b? ?!s ?dd?ly dsing to ?e sudace of ? WaMr cl? ?m, ?d l?g the sea ?th ?eir ?meudou8 fins, �?r occasion?ly leaping out of ?e wa?r, an? fall?g do? wi? a c?shing weight. Their colour is gener?ly of a cinereous hue, but a few were nofi?d ?at we? vade? black ?d whi?. 3?e wh?es oF the Nor?- west Coast apdared to be of ?e s?e s?, but of d?ker colour. At one of ?e anchor?s, ne? Cape viqu?, (vol. ii. p. 91.), t?e brig was foi a whole night su?-. w?ded by ?e enormous fish, and the ?w in mo?n?ry dread of ?eir f?ling on ?, ? ?s?e? or world have be? v?'?? The noise of ?r f?i h the wa?, on a calm night, wn u loud as ?e of a c?ou.