Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: The Dionysos Cup by Exekias, _c._ 540 B.C. _Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich. Photograph by Dr. Max Hirmer._] The Dolphin in History _Papers delivered by Ashley Montagu and John C. Lilly at a symposium at the Clark Library, 13 October 1962_ WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY _University of California, Los Angeles 1963_ _Foreword_ Recently the dolphin has become the focus of much scientific interest and investigation which have led to flattering pronouncements about its remarkable intelligence, amiability, and astonishing friendliness towards man. It was in consequence of such activities that a symposium was held at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library to consider the background to contemporary studies of the dolphin. The presentations of Dr. Ashley Montagu and Dr. John C. Lilly were received so favorably that it was decided to make them more widely available in the present form. As will be readily apparent to any reader, Dr. Montagu has demonstrated conclusively that had the writings of the ancients been heeded we should long since have paid proper respect to this intelligent mammal, and Dr. Lilly has reinforced such classical appreciation by an account of his own astonishing observations of dolphin behavior. It is to be hoped that these two accounts will contribute to a lasting appreciation of our remarkable aquatic friend. C.D. O’Malley DIVISION OF MEDICAL HISTORY 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 _The History of the Dolphin_ By ASHLEY MONTAGU _I have met with a story, which, although authenticated by undoubted evidence, looks very like a fable._ _Pliny the Younger_