. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 424 THE RIGHT WHALE. this Whale had become nearly extinct, and our whalers had pushed northwards, where they supposed tiny had found larger specimens of the same species. The truth is, however, the Whale they had been capturing was one adapted by nature to live in temperate waters, and the persistent pursuit of them had resulted in their extinction, nearly. The Right Whale they now found in the Arctic regions, is one adapted to the cold waters, and is never seen out of them. The seamen c
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 424 THE RIGHT WHALE. this Whale had become nearly extinct, and our whalers had pushed northwards, where they supposed tiny had found larger specimens of the same species. The truth is, however, the Whale they had been capturing was one adapted by nature to live in temperate waters, and the persistent pursuit of them had resulted in their extinction, nearly. The Right Whale they now found in the Arctic regions, is one adapted to the cold waters, and is never seen out of them. The seamen cared little about species so long as the new Whale gave them larger baleen and more oil. Consequently, as there were no students of marine zoology in those days in our country, the Atlantic Whale escaped scientific treatment, though it is now known that this is the same as the Biscay Whale, so long the object of pursuit by the Basques. The Atlantic Whale, not being extinct, has lately shown itself in several examples. The first one examined by science was a young one, and Professor Cope, of Philadelphia, named it as above : cisarctica, meaning that its habitat is this side of the Arctic seas, as it was found to be confined to the temperate Atlantic. There are few specimens of this Whale known. The American Museum, in Central Park has a skeleton of a full-grown one, the carcase of which was thrown ashore on Long Island. ATLANTIC 1UGHT WHALE.— Balanacisarctica v0ff,«). In 1882, one of these Whales was captured off Moritauk Point, Long Island, and brought into New York harbor, where it was exhibited. This was the first adult ever examined for scien- tific purposes. Tt was a female, and measured forty-eight feet in length. We had the pleasure to make a thorough examination of this Whale, which, in view of the unique circumstances, was likely to prove very acceptable to science. Soon after this specimen was examined, and a description of it was drawn up for publication in the fou
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