'Will you walk a little faster?'said a whiting to a snail, 'There's a porpoise close behind us and he's treading on my tail.'

-Dodgson
  Alice's  Adventures in Wonderland, ch.10,'The Lobster- Quadrille'.

There was a fine gentle wind, and Mr Pickwick's hat rolled sportively before it. The wind puffed, and Mr Pickwick puffed, and the hat rolled over and over as merrilyas a lively porpoise in a strong tide.

-Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam
^7  Pickwick Papers, ch.4.