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...regular route between Wellington and Nelson. (I am a native of Nelson and saw him innumerable times and this is not a fish story.) Where he came from was a mystery, as no fish remotely resembling him were ever found in that vicinity. But he was apparently of the dolphin family, about 20 ft. long and snow-white-a friendly soul who for lack of companions of his own species had "struck up a friendship" with steamers. As the daily boat entered the Pass he would come rushing alongside and swish delightedly back & forth in front of the ship...
Pelorus Jack lived in Pelorus Sound, New Zealand. So great was his fame he is mentioned in Encyclopedia Britannica, which calls him "an individual . . . believed to have belonged to" the Grampus griseus species, Risso's dolphin...
...horse named Pelorus Jack. There is an interesting story behind this name, the details of which most any Australian can give you. The writer's memory of the story, related to him by an Australian pilot, is too uncertain to be quoted. Briefly, the story concerns a certain dolphin or jackfish, the existence of which is sworn to by many ship captains, which, meeting and swimming a few feet ahead of the ships served as a guide through the treacherous Pelorus straights on the inner route along the great barrier reefs of Australia. . . . L. M. FLETCHER...
...opposite side of the earth, in the Yellow Sea of Wei-hai-wei, the spanky new British submarine Poseidon came spuming to the surface like a dolphin after air. The hatches sprang open. The crew started clambering out. Thirty-one were on deck and 18 below when the Yuta, Chinese merchantman, smacked against the Poseidon's forward starboard side. In two minutes the Poseidon sank in 120 ft. of water...
Last week the Navy Department changed the numbers of its big V-type submarines to fish names. New names for the V-1 to V-9, in order: Barracuda, Bass, Bonita, Argonaut, Narwhal, Nautilus, Dolphin, Cachalot, Cuttlefish. In the Navy there have already been four Dolphins, two Bonitas, two Nautiluses, one Barracuda, one Narwhal, one Cachalot, one Cuttlefish...