Children's own library . p Hi 62 woods natural history Iii old times the Porpoise constituted one of thestandard delicacies of a public feast, but it has longsince been deposed from its rank at the table, as itsflesh has a very strong oily NARWHALS It feeds on various fishes, but its great feasts areheld when the shoals of herrings, pilchards, and otherfish arrive on the coasts. The teeth are very numer-ous, and interlock when the jaws are closed, so thatthe fish when once seized cannot escape. Its length is woods natural history 63 about five feet, its color a rich black, becoming wh
Children's own library . p Hi 62 woods natural history Iii old times the Porpoise constituted one of thestandard delicacies of a public feast, but it has longsince been deposed from its rank at the table, as itsflesh has a very strong oily NARWHALS It feeds on various fishes, but its great feasts areheld when the shoals of herrings, pilchards, and otherfish arrive on the coasts. The teeth are very numer-ous, and interlock when the jaws are closed, so thatthe fish when once seized cannot escape. Its length is woods natural history 63 about five feet, its color a rich black, becoming whiteon the under side. The Narwhal has one visible tusk, which used to besold at a very high price as the real horn of the course, when the whale fishery was established, thereal owner of the horn was discovered. The Narwhal possesses two tusks, one on each side ofits head. Only the left tusk projects, the other remain-ing within the head. Sometimes a specimen has beenfound with both tusks projecting, and some think thatwhen the left tusk has been broken off by accident, theright one becomes large enough to supply its place. Its body is from thirty to forty feet in length, andits tusk from five to nine. The Roclentia, or gnawing a
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