Children's own library . rior of the substance is of the consistency of wax, inflam-mable, and gives out a kind of musky odor. Thelength of this whale is about seventy feet. Those readers who have formed their ideas of Dol-phins from the very graceful and elegant creaturesrepresented under that name in the pictures of the old masters, or the statues of the ancient sculptors,will find that the real animal differs much from theideal. The Dolphin is, like the whale, a warm-bloodedanimal, suckles its young, and is forced to come to thesurface in order to breathe. Its snout is very lo
Children's own library . rior of the substance is of the consistency of wax, inflam-mable, and gives out a kind of musky odor. Thelength of this whale is about seventy feet. Those readers who have formed their ideas of Dol-phins from the very graceful and elegant creaturesrepresented under that name in the pictures of the old masters, or the statues of the ancient sculptors,will find that the real animal differs much from theideal. The Dolphin is, like the whale, a warm-bloodedanimal, suckles its young, and is forced to come to thesurface in order to breathe. Its snout is very long,and is apparently used for capturing such fish, andother animals, as live in the mud. The length is fromsix to ten feet. Several species are known. The Porpoise. These animals may be observed inplenty playing their absurd antics off every coast ofAmerica. They frequent greatly the mouths of rivers,because they find more food there than in the open tumble at the surface of the water for the purposof p Hi 62 woods natural history Iii old times the Porpoise constituted one of thestandard delicacies of a public feast, but it has longsince been deposed from its rank at the table, as itsflesh has a very strong oily flavor.
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