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The Fountain

           No,hebreathesthroughhisspiraclealone;andthisisonthetopofhishead.

           IfIsay,thatinanycreaturebreathingisonlyafunctionindispensabletovitality,inasmuchasitwithdrawsfromtheairacertainelement,whichbeingsubsequentlybroughtintocontactwiththebloodimpartstotheblooditsvivifyingprinciple,IdonotthinkIshallerr;thoughImaypossiblyusesomesuperfluousscientificwords.Assumeit,anditfollowsthatifallthebloodinamancouldbeaeratedwithonebreath,hemightthensealuphisnostrilsandnotfetchanotherforaconsiderabletime.Thatistosay,hewouldthenlivewithoutbreathing.Anomalousasitmayseem,thisispreciselythecasewiththewhale,whosystematicallylives,byintervals,hisfullhourandmore(whenatthebottom)withoutdrawingasinglebreath,orsomuchasinanywayinhalingaparticleofair;for,remember,hehasnogills.Howisthis?BetweenhisribsandoneachsideofhisspineheissuppliedwitharemarkableinvolvedCretanlabyrinthofvermicelli-likevessels,whichvessels,whenhequitsthesurface,arecompletelydistendedwithoxygenatedblood.Sothatforanhourormore,athousandfathomsinthesea,hecarriesasurplusstockofvitalityinhim,justasthecamelcrossingthewaterlessdesertcarriesasurplussupplyofdrinkforfutureuseinitsfoursupplementarystomachs.

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