UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

THE HISTORY OF THE DOLPHIN

by Ashley Montagu

The friendly Dolphin, while within the maine,

At libertie delightes, to sport and play,

Himselfe is fresh, and doth no whit retaine

The brinish saltnes of the boundless Sea

Wherein he lives. Such is the secret skill

Of Nature working, all thinges at her will.

Henry Peacham, Minerva Britanna, 1612