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           ForalongtimeIfanciedthatthespermwhalehadbeenalwaysunknownintheMediterraneanandthedeepwatersconnectingwithit.EvennowIamcertainthatthoseseasarenot,andperhapsnevercanbe,inthepresentconstitutionofthings,aplaceforhishabitualgregariousresort.Butfurtherinvestigationshaverecentlyprovedtome,thatinmoderntimestherehavebeenisolatedinstancesofthepresenceofthespermwhaleintheMediterranean.Iamtold,ongoodauthority,thatontheBarbarycoast,aCommodoreDavisoftheBritishnavyfoundtheskeletonofaspermwhale.Now,asavesselofwarreadilypassesthroughtheDardanelles,henceaspermwhalecould,bythesameroute,passoutoftheMediterraneanintothePropontis.

           InthePropontis,asfarasIcanlearn,noneofthatpeculiarsubstancecalledbritistobefound,thealimentoftherightwhale.ButIhaveeveryreasontobelievethatthefoodofthespermwhalesquidorcuttle-fish-lurksatthebottomofthatsea,becauselargecreatures,butbynomeansthelargestofthatsort,havebeenfoundatitssurface.If,then,youproperlyputthesestatementstogether,andreasonuponthemabit,youwillclearlyperceivethat,accordingtoallhumanreasoning,Procopius’ssea-monster,thatforhalfacenturystovetheshipsofaRomanEmperor,mustinallprobabilityhavebeenaspermwhale.

           

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