. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. ^r a '^1 l('ii,utli, but tlicv icy arc iiulH'ddid. full out togctlicr KiLrlit of tlu'sc 'old lnill," it is and thirty Icct in onc-tliird (if tin' si,u'iiil'yiii,u " I'tii,!,'- irity oi' stnictuic. I'roiit and ta]ieis i-Ljrcy, soiiicwliat eyes and mi tlic aiK'cs wliicii arc lihiinc(t ri'iiiii ilii' cjii's in d('|it]i (111 hl' W\\\â:\,t,.,i,.,i M, irr'H-jJinhl.^. llii' iircast and eleven inches eii the uiher parts nj' the IkhI ahniiila Crcniland Whale, it y, and
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. ^r a '^1 l('ii,utli, but tlicv icy arc iiulH'ddid. full out togctlicr KiLrlit of tlu'sc 'old lnill," it is and thirty Icct in onc-tliird (if tin' si,u'iiil'yiii,u " I'tii,!,'- irity oi' stnictuic. I'roiit and ta]ieis i-Ljrcy, soiiicwliat eyes and mi tlic aiK'cs wliicii arc lihiinc(t ri'iiiii ilii' cjii's in d('|it]i (111 hl' W\\\â:\,t,.,i,.,i M, irr'H-jJinhl.^. llii' iircast and eleven inches eii the uiher parts nj' the IkhI ahniiila Crcniland Whale, it y, and IS therelore nut so iiiia nt_iii j)ro])ortion to the ,-i/e ,,!' the animal as that which is extracted from th "l'"l'i"i' qnality, however, coiu]iensates fully I'oi' its deliciencv in iiliiv. The la\-er of liliiliber IS hy tile wlialcrt t'clniicallv called prehahly in allusion to its oitice in ] tlio animal heat. The s|ierniaceti is almost peculiar to a few i?])ecies of the genus Ciit ehlaiiicd as I'dlldws. Tiic eiKU'iiKais and (Mirioiisly foi'iiied head is tla^ great receiitacle of th wliich lies in a li([uid, oily slate, in two great cavities that exist in the I t-ndiiiuiis suhstai blanket. odon, and is â ipormacoti, lU'je mass of ice of whidi the head is cliielly coniiiosed. On reference to' the sk Cachalot, the reader will ohserve that it dips suddeidy over t 111 ^â¢.â ailv iiroliiULrcil am Thi le , a s portion of the skull is termed Neptune's chair l>y tl 1 it is in i\e])tuiie"s diair that tlu! s]iermaceti is phacd. When the W aial towed to the ship's side, the head is out o(f and allixed to tackles fnr tl ;^ii|iperting it in a c(aivi'nient jiosition for the extraction of this valiiahle sui nd then le sailors, iiaie IS kiiie( u' puriiose d ance. A tia ige laile IS cut in llii' top of the head, and a nunihei' of sailors lower thcii' backets into ivity and hale out the lii|uiil matlei When lirst exposed t o the air it has a c
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