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Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales

           Butitmaybefancied,thatfromthenakedskeletonofthestrandedwhale,accuratehintsmaybederivedtouchinghistrueform.Notatall.ForitisoneofthemorecuriousthingsaboutthisLeviathan,thathisskeletongivesverylittleideaofhisgeneralshape.ThoughJeremyBentham’sskeleton,whichhangsforcandelabrainthelibraryofoneofhisexecutors,correctlyconveystheideaofaburly-browedutilitarianoldgentleman,withallJeremy’sotherleadingpersonalcharacteristics;yetnothingofthiskindcouldbeinferredfromanyleviathan’sarticulatedbones.Infact,asthegreatHuntersays,themereskeletonofthewhalebearsthesamerelationtothefullyinvestedandpaddedanimalastheinsectdoestothechrysalisthatsoroundinglyenvelopesit.Thispeculiarityisstrikinglyevincedinthehead,asinsomepartofthisbookwillbeincidentallyshown.Itisalsoverycuriouslydisplayedinthesidefin,thebonesofwhichalmostexactlyanswertobonesofthehumanhand,minusonlythethumb.Thisfinhasfourregularbone-fingers,theindex,middle,ring,andlittlefinger.Butallthesearepermanentlylodgedintheirfleshycovering,asthehumanfingersinanartificialcovering."Howeverrecklesslythewhalemaysometimesserveus,"saidhumorousStubboneday,"hecanneverbetrulysaidtohandleuswithoutmittens."

           Forallthesereasons,then,anywayyoumaylookatit,youmustneedsconcludethatthegreatLeviathanisthatonecreatureintheworldwhichmuchremainunpaintedtothelast

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