Delaware journal., 1828-10-28
Vo. 30.

ashore up to his mid body in water, he accordingly
seized the animal by his head, one would take a
dog by the ears, but the brave man soon found he
not in his element for the fish with a swinging
two of his head. tripped up his heels and made
him glad to retreat so to keep his head above
water Young Mr.. Dunnng pursued two large fish
ashore, and slipping the painter from his boat he
made in it, and getting il over the head and
fins of the largest he fastened him to tree while
snatching another rope he slipped over the tail OF
the other, and fastened him to bush; and then has,
tened make new conquests for it was the law ofhe
case, that every was TO have what he could Kill
or catch and secure One OF the school was struck
with harpoon, and his fury tremendous.
sea Of several feet was made along the shore The
result of this adventure is, that 90 men, the sue
cessiul part of the company, killed II fish, being
with those who sunk in the river, the whole school,
| 1t is not known that one escaped. The bubber
has been stripped off, and, it is expected, will yield
rs barrels of oil, worth perhaps from 600 to 700
dollars.
Some of the Harpsweil people call this fish Black
Fish. others Pot fish. Both names are very appros
pirate. for the fish is black like coal, and the head
is of the form of pot kettle. DR.. Mitchell, of New
York, and other learned men would say, 1T is no
fish at all for it has no gs, and like the whale has
heart and lungs and warm blood, and is yviparous.
Ii spouts water through large spracle or hole liz
the tnp of its head. One man thrust his fist as "a
stopper in the spirace of one Of The monsters, i'll
the hope, that by conining the air, the animal would
blow up, and thus be hoated more readily IN the
shoal water; but he found himself in danger OF be
ING blown M into the air /! The largest 29
feet in length, and eighteen feet in circumference
the pups still at the breast, were 2 or feet i'll
length
Ii is not certain that this fish, if fish we may calf
it, has been accurately described 1t belongs howa
ever, to the order of Mammaa, and the family Of
Cetacea. and the genus Delphinus. 1t has teeth
and dorsal fin, a fir on each side, and horizontal
Itail. The spiracle has already been mentloned.--
This is neither the porpoise, nor the Dolphin, two
of the species of dclphnus. Nor is it d. Leucass
the forth Species which is white. and has no dorsaa
Yin. Ii has the nearest resemblance TO the third
species d. 0rca. or Grampus. which Is described aa
having dorsal fin, and being 95 feet IN length, as
being very fierce, feeding on seals, porposes and
doiphins, and often attacking even whales, Altho'
the snon and the teeth do not perfectly correspond
10 to this description yet may consider this as Dell
PulNus Orca, and they may call it The HarpsWela
t1rampus.
Ii is remarkable, that amidst all the confusion and
peril of the battle, not man should have been hurt
in the conquest of such multitude of fierce and
powerful animals. The projections no less than
the bounty of Providence, calls for the grateful
acknow Judgement of these bold and successful adj
yeEturers.
Infant Schoo's.--The focwing extract of Il let,
ter from gentleman now in Europe, dated at Liya
erpoo in June last, gives some account of the mans
:. aacment of these institutions there
g We attended few days since an infant school,
which has given me quite new views and feelings ON
the subject | have seldom been more efected--ii
is not too strong word--than in seeing, as we did
IN hundred little creatures several of them not two
'al years old, thus collected together. How many
9TH how various how deep associations there with
'n such group; and with the thought Of that mos
zen Christian and most udcious charity, which is pre-
he pairing them TO act their parts life long after W.
EN- may have passed away.
nj C had had no conception ofthe possibility of pre-
vas serving so much order and stiffness among suci
ed young children, Gall under eight years Of age)
e found to exist, apparently without harshness un
ch- pleasant restraint. They were called upon TO re
led peat the pence table, the multiplication table,
gst tell the number of seconds in minute Of minute
led in an hour, &c. with the names of the months Il
It'll answer in the caechsm, and TO repeat the command
er, ments abbreviated; all which aorty Of then
ing did, speaking together clappng their hands in un
The son. in their secular exercises. Then they wer
an amused by following the motions of their principe
W.T. mistress, who initiated hoseiused in different en-
ble ployments repeating the explanation of them,
'om for instance :,s This is the wayne the corn,
rhe or 9. This is the way we wash the coaths," an
the /" This is the way wiring the cioaths' SC. A
rom ter this about halfthe school, the boys, went pa
ara in the yard and the girls went into another
gin where, the system Of mutual instruction nun
ling Der Of little MONITORS ve six and seven years ole
were employed IN instructng small groups OF othe
the children, teaching some their letters; and nsruc
able ing others more adv anced ln reading-'The chi
med drcn too young to learn put carpet to see
'oat or play, as they pleased Connected with this scho
him was another for children more than years Of ag
with containing somewhere about 200,