at Woosung The museum of Royal Asiatic Sbeiety will shortly have a new porpoise on exhibition, 'The porpoise enjoyed a happy existence gambolling in the muddy waters of the Yangtze until Mon-diy" afternoon, Nov. 20, when it was caught by a Chinese fisherman at Woosung, and was ae by the museum' the next day.
Known as the Neomeris phoca noides—or Indian porpoise—it inhabits rivers from India as. far north as the Yangtze. Pure black in colour, it is called "Hat Chu," or "sea pig" by the Chinese.
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