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Cetology

           Whereas,amongspoutingfishthetail,thoughitmaybesimilarlyshaped,invariablyassumesahorizontalposition.

           Bytheabovedefinitionofwhatawhaleis,IdobynomeansexcludefromtheleviathanicbrotherhoodanyseacreaturehithertoidentifiedwiththewhalebythebestinformedNantucketers;nor,ontheotherhand,linkwithitanyfishhithertoauthoritativelyregardedasalien.Hence,allthesmaller,spoutingandhorizontaltailedfishmustbeincludedinthisground-planofcetology.Now,then,comethegranddivisionsoftheentirewhalehost.

           

           

           First:AccordingtomagnitudeIdividethewhalesintothreeprimaryBOOKS(subdivisibleintoCHAPTERS),andtheseshallcomprehendthemall,bothsmallandlarge.

           I.THEFOLIOWHALE;II.theOCTAVOWHALE;III.theDUODECIMOWHALE.

           AsthetypeoftheFOLIOIpresenttheSpermWhale;oftheOCTAVO,theGrampus;oftheDUODECIMO,thePorpoise.

           FOLIOS.AmongtheseIhereincludethefollowingchapters:I.TheSpermWhale;II.theRightWhale;III.theFinBackWhale;IV.theHumpbackedWhale;V.theRazorBackWhale;VI.theSulphurBottomWhale.

           BOOKI.(Folio),CHAPTERI.(SpermWhale).Thiswhale,amongtheEnglishofoldvaguelyknownastheTrumpawhaleandthePhyseterwhale,andtheAnvilHeadedwhale,isthepresentCachalotoftheFrench,andthePottsfichoftheGermans,andtheMacrocephalusoftheLongWords.

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