. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. THE WHAJLE TEIBE. 113 then dive down, as they chase each other in their gam- bols. The Dolphin is quite as sportive as the Porpoise, and much more agile. It often follows ships in numer- ous herds, executing its playful movements. The stories about the beautifully-changing hues of the dying Dolphin are untrue; this voracious animal is altogether unpoet- ical even to death. Its colors are black and white, and the only change which occurs is that the black, after a time, becomes brown, and the white gray. 194. There are some aberra
. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. THE WHAJLE TEIBE. 113 then dive down, as they chase each other in their gam- bols. The Dolphin is quite as sportive as the Porpoise, and much more agile. It often follows ships in numer- ous herds, executing its playful movements. The stories about the beautifully-changing hues of the dying Dolphin are untrue; this voracious animal is altogether unpoet- ical even to death. Its colors are black and white, and the only change which occurs is that the black, after a time, becomes brown, and the white gray. 194. There are some aberrant genera of the Dolphin family. One of the most remarkable we have in the Narwhal, or Sea Unicorn, as it is commonly called. Fig. 94. Its body is from thirty to forty feet long. It has. Fig. 94—The Narwhal. a long, straight, pointed tusk, from five to ten feet in length. It really has two tusks, but only one of them becomes long, the other not projecting sufficiently to be seen. There is much question about the use to which the animal puts this tusk. Some suppose that its chief purpose is to dig up searweed. for food. Others suppose. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867. New York, Harper & Brothers
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