book iii. (duodecimo), chapter 1. (huzza porpoise).—this is the common porpoise found almost all over the globe. the name is of my own bestowal; for there are more than one sort of porpoises, and something must be done to distinguish them. i call him thus, because he always swims in hilarious shoals, which upon the broad sea keep tossing themselves to heaven like caps in a fourth-of-july crowd. their appearance is generally hailed with delight by the mariner. full of fine spirits, they invariably come from the breezy billows to windward.