William Thompson

“ May 5th Several of them near the ship when we were close to Syra ;two rolling about with their young so near to them that the dorsal fins of the two individuals in each case appeared to belong to one animal :—they thus exhibited themselves rising to the surface and going down again several times with as much regularity as a pair of horses in harness. ”

“ Templeton notices it as common, alluding, it may be presumed, to the north-east coast :—heads of this species, without labels indicating localities attached to them, are in the Belfast Museum, some of which are probably from this quarter. The dolphin seems to be of rare occurrence on the Dublin coast, as Dr. ”