THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



ORDER CETACEA, 



AND THE 



OCEANIC INHABITANTS 



OF THE 



ARCTIC REGIONS. 



By HENRY WILLIAM DEWHURST, Esq., 



Professor of Natural History, Human, Veterinary, and Zoological Anatomy; Fellow of the West- 

 minster Medical, Royal Jennerian, and London Vaccine Societies; Corresponding Member of the 

 W orcestershire'Natural History Society, Honorary Member of the London Veterinary Society; 

 Author of a Dictionary of Anatomy, Guide to Phrenology, Dissertation on the Component 

 Parts of an Animal Body, Essays on the Zoology of Man and the Study of Natural History, 

 Lectures on Pathological Anatomy, and the Architecture of the Human Body; Practical 

 Remarks on the New improved System of Warming Dwelling-Houses and Cathedrals with 

 Hot Water, &.c. ; and of numerous papers on Natural History, Mental Philosophy, &tc. in 

 the Scientific and Literary Journals, 8cc. 



" And ELOHIM created great H'hules, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abun- 

 dantly after their kind, and ELOHIM saw that it was good."— Genesis i. ver. 21. 



" The works of the Lord are wonderful and glorious ; his righteousness endureth for ever, and lie hath made his 

 wonderful works to be remembered." Ps. cxi. 24. 



" He, who doea not make himself acquainted with God, from the consideration of Nature, will scarcely sequin; 

 Knowledge of him from any other source ; for if we have not faith in the things which are seen, how shall we believe 

 those things which are not seen V~Linn<zus. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS LITHOGRAPHIC 

 AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS. 



Hontton : 

 PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 



16, WILLIAM STREET, 

 WATERLOO BRIDGE ROAD. 



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