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Cetology

           Whatthenisthewhale,whichIincludeinthesecondspeciesofmyFolios?ItistheGreatMysticetusoftheEnglishnaturalists;theGreenlandWhaleoftheEnglishwhaleman;theBalieneOrdinaireoftheFrenchwhalemen;theGrowlandsWalfishoftheSwedes.ItisthewhalewhichformorethantwocenturiespasthasbeenhuntedbytheDutchandEnglishintheArcticseas;itisthewhalewhichtheAmericanfishermenhavelongpursuedintheIndianocean,ontheBrazilBanks,ontheNor’WestCoast,andvariousotherpartsoftheworld,designatedbythemRightWhaleCruisingGrounds.

           SomepretendtoseeadifferencebetweentheGreenlandwhaleoftheEnglishandtherightwhaleoftheAmericans.Buttheypreciselyagreeinalltheirgrandfeatures;norhasthereyetbeenpresentedasingledeterminatefactuponwhichtogroundaradicaldistinction.Itisbyendlesssubdivisionsbaseduponthemostinconclusivedifferences,thatsomedepartmentsofnaturalhistorybecomesorepellinglyintricate.Therightwhalewillbeelsewheretreatedofatsomelength,withreferencetoelucidatingthespermwhale.

           BOOKI.(Folio),CHAPTERIII.(Fin-Back).UnderthisheadIreckonamonsterwhich,bythevariousnamesofFin-Back,Tall-Spout,andLong-John,hasbeenseenalmostineveryseaandiscommonlythewhalewhosedistantjetissooftendescriedbypassengerscrossingtheAtlantic,intheNewYorkpacket-tracks.Inthelengthheattains,andinhisbaleen,theFin-backresemblestherightwhale,butisofalessportlygirth,andalightercolor,approachingtoolive.Hisgreatlipspresentacable-likeaspect,formedbytheintertwisting,slantingfoldsoflargewrinkles.Hisgranddistinguishingfeature,thefin,fromwhichhederiveshisname,isoftenaconspicuousobject.Thisfinissomethreeorfourfeetlong,growingverticallyfromthehinderpartoftheback,ofanangularshape,andwithaverysharppointedend.

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