. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL HI8T0UY. 97 usual after tlio )nnectcd with the id struck it,) by (the part of the or nine yards of which the ' fish ' ihiycd in lieaving tlie boat for the â¢eat astonishment, h the Slime force k. They rejjeated iruck ; their ship- â ery one expressed emselves, they all lu a few minutes nion bv the risin<,' with fatigue, and 1.' It permitted at once, and was ,th, they found the where it was still The occasion of efore solved. The ' in the waterâthe !V8 advancing with ht the line between nusual as tha
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL HI8T0UY. 97 usual after tlio )nnectcd with the id struck it,) by (the part of the or nine yards of which the ' fish ' ihiycd in lieaving tlie boat for the â¢eat astonishment, h the Slime force k. They rejjeated iruck ; their ship- â ery one expressed emselves, they all lu a few minutes nion bv the risin<,' with fatigue, and 1.' It permitted at once, and was ,th, they found the where it was still The occasion of efore solved. The ' in the waterâthe !V8 advancing with ht the line between nusual as that pro- ts mouth and grasp so firmly between ;ed. Tliis circum- milar t)ne occuiTcd it are very great. )low from the tail of e left on the ice for the ice-fields strike hem, although the (\ay by cross-beams icB on and the boat X 2G4. and ship are sepcrated, neither having any means of knowing whore the other lies, for sound is much im])eded by fog, and even cannon are not heard when fired comparatively close. The Whale shows great attachment to its youug, which is called the odi, and on the approach of danger, seizes it with its fin or flipper, and carries it down out of danger. The Whale has no fins, properly so called, as it is not a fish. Its flippers, which supply the place of fins, are in fact forelegs, furnished with a kind of hand covered with a thick skin. They seem to be principally employed in balancing the animal. The hind-legs are concealed under the skin, as are those of the boa constrictor. The length of this AVhale aveiages sixty feet. Its tail is placed transversely, and not vertically, as in the FLIPI'KR OF THE WUALE. THE CACHALOT. The chase of the Cachalot is similar to that of the Greenland whale, and need not be described. It is attended with more danger, as the terrific row of teeth with which the lower jaw of the Cachalot is armed, is not unfrequently employed iu biting the boat. In the Ashmolean ISIuseum at Oxford is an under jaw-bone of this
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