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Cetology

           Howthen?Thebaleen,hump,back-fin,andteeth;thesearethingswhosepeculiaritiesareindiscriminatelydispersedamongallsortsofwhales,withoutanyrecordtowhatmaybethenatureoftheirstructureinotherandmoreessentialparticulars.Thus,thespermwhaleandthehumpbackedwhale,eachhasahump;buttherethesimilitudeceases.ThenthissamehumpbackedwhaleandtheGreenlandwhale,eachofthesehasbaleen;butthereagainthesimilitudeceases.Anditisjustthesamewiththeotherpartsabovementioned.Invarioussortsofwhales,theyformsuchirregularcombinations;or,inthecaseofanyoneofthemdetached,suchanirregularisolation;asutterlytodefyallgeneralmethodizationformeduponsuchabasis.Onthisrockeveryoneofthewhale-naturalistshassplit.

           Butitmaypossiblybeconceivedthat,intheinternalpartsofthewhale,inhisanatomythere,atleast,weshallbeabletohittherightclassification.Nay;whatthing,forexample,isthereintheGreenlandwhale’sanatomymorestrikingthanhisbaleen?YetwehaveseenthatbyhisbaleenitisimpossiblecorrectlytoclassifytheGreenlandwhale.Andifyoudescendintothebowelsofthevariousleviathans,whythereyouwillnotfinddistinctionsafiftiethpartasavailabletothesystematizerasthoseexternalonesalreadyenumerated.Whatthenremains?nothingbuttotakeholdofthewhalesbodily,intheirentireliberalvolume,andboldlysortthemthatway.AndthisistheBibliographicalsystemhereadopted;anditistheonlyonethatcanpossiblysucceed,foritaloneispracticable.Toproceed.

           BOOKI.(Folio)CHAPTERIV.(HumpBack).ThiswhaleisoftenseenonthenorthernAmericancoast.Hehasbeenfrequentlycapturedthere,andtowedintoharbor.Hehasagreatpackonhimlikeapeddler;oryoumightcallhimtheElephantandCastlewhale.Atanyrate,thepopularnameforhimdoesnotsufficientlydistinguishhim,sincethespermwhalealsohasahumpthoughasmallerone.

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