General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . BIGHORN OR MOUNTAIN SHEEP (Ovis canadensis). HARPOONING THE SPERM WHALE DURING THE DAYS OF SAILING SHIPS. One of a scries of murals in the Hall of Ocean Life depicting whaling in olden times when sail-rigged vessels were used and the whales were killed with a harpoon thrown by hand one of the marine animals upon whichthe Sperm Whale preys. The large skele-ton to the right is that of a Sperm Whale,the largest of the living toothed whales,formerly much sought by whalers as thesource of spermaceti. Beyond the SpermW
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . BIGHORN OR MOUNTAIN SHEEP (Ovis canadensis). HARPOONING THE SPERM WHALE DURING THE DAYS OF SAILING SHIPS. One of a scries of murals in the Hall of Ocean Life depicting whaling in olden times when sail-rigged vessels were used and the whales were killed with a harpoon thrown by hand one of the marine animals upon whichthe Sperm Whale preys. The large skele-ton to the right is that of a Sperm Whale,the largest of the living toothed whales,formerly much sought by whalers as thesource of spermaceti. Beyond the SpermWhale, on the same side, hangs a skeletonof the Finback Whale. Just above these two large skeletons arefound skeletons of several species oftoothed whales, including several raretypes, and the Narwhal. At the near endof this row is a model of the Sperm Whale,and at the far end is a small model of theSulphur-bottom Whale, the largest ani-mal in the world. Along the left side of the hall, threeskeletons of whales are suspended, the one nearest the entrance being a Right Whale,a Pigmy Right Whale in the middle, anda Californ
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