THE ORDER CETACEA. 159 



SPECIES III. 



PHYSETER TRUMPO, OR BLUNT-HEADED CACHALOT.* 



The length of this species is nearly sixty feet, and its 

 breadth about fifteen. The head is of an immense size, 

 dividing the body nearly into two equal parts. The 

 upper jaw is at least five feet longer than the lower; 

 round and obtuse at the snout, and about eight feet 

 deep (from crown to base). The lower jaw is about ten 

 feet long, very narrow, is furnished with eighteen teeth, 

 straight and all pointing outwards, about three inches 

 distant from each other; and when the mouth is shut are 

 received into cavities of the upper jaw. The eye is 

 many feet behind the snout, nearly in the middle of the 

 breadth of the upper jaw, is small, over which is a con- 

 siderable convexity and a similar prominence, below the 

 articulation of the swimming-paws, which are propor- 

 tionally larger than in the former species. The breath- 

 ing hole is at least a foot in diameter, and is placed at 

 the superior extremity of the snout. 



The body is irregularly conical, with a prominence on 

 the back, in place of the dorsal fin, which is more than 

 a foot thick; its thickest part is near the insertion of the 

 pectoral fins. These are very small, and that of the tail 

 is divided into two lobes, measuring fifteen feet from tip 

 to tip, and another prominence on the belly just before 

 the anus, the penis is eight feet long. The colour of 

 the skin is a blackish grey, very soft to the touch. It is 



* Synonymes. — French, Le Cachalot de la nouvette Augleierre ; 

 Le Trumpo. Physeter Macrocephalus. Var. [Linn. Syst. Nat. Dudleii] 

 Baleena, Klein. Blunt-Headed Cachalot. Penn. Brit. Zoolog. Vol. iii. 

 Cachalot Trumpo. La Cepede, p. 112. 



