. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. U2 AB(->UT TIIK NAl;w;iAI,. lino is (Imwn acrDss liis i'nw uvor tlie l-iid-ri' ut' liis iiosu. This is tiio )iii,'hust honour known to tiio lierocs of Ciii)C Biitiiurst; but it carries alonj; with it tiie i)rivilego of the decorated individual being allowed to take unto liiniself a second wife I In the waters No\aia Zendaia, Greenland
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. U2 AB(->UT TIIK NAl;w;iAI,. lino is (Imwn acrDss liis i'nw uvor tlie l-iid-ri' ut' liis iiosu. This is tiio )iii,'hust honour known to tiio lierocs of Ciii)C Biitiiurst; but it carries alonj; with it tiie i)rivilego of the decorated individual being allowed to take unto liiniself a second wife I In the waters No\aia Zendaia, Greenland, and Spitzbergen is found the narwhal, or sea unicorn (Moiiodon ), which was at one time the tlienie of so many extravagant legends. It belongs to the (Atacca, but differs from the whale in having no teeth, properly so called, and in being armed with a formidai)le horn, projecting straight forward from the upper jaw, in a direct line with the bcidy. This horn, or tusk, the use of which has not been satisfactorily ascer- tained, is harder and wliiter than ivory, spirally .striated from base to point, tapers throughout, and ;8 from si\ to ten feet iti length. IMr. Bell remarks that it would lie a strange anomaly rrJK-- '^m '% t !>j^-. ANn if the apparent singleness of this weapon were real. In truth, both teeth are invariably found in till'jaw, not only of tiie male, but of the female also; but in ordinary (thougli not in all) one only, and tliis in the male, is fully developed, the other remaining in a rudimentary condition âeven as both do in the female. The narwhal, from moutli to tail, is abmit twenty f(!et long, though individuals meas iring thirty feet are sonii'times met witli. Its head short, and the upper jiart convex; its mouth small : its s])ii'acle, or resjiiratory vent, duplicate within ; its tongue long; the pectt)ral fins small, '{'he back, which is convex and rather wide, has no fins, and siiarpens gr.
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