142 THE FINNER. 



Baltic sound, Shetland, in the winter of 1817-18: 

 some remains of which I saw. This latter whale, 

 was 815 feet in length, the jaw bones were 31 feet 

 long, the longest lamina of whalebone about three 

 feet long. Instead of hair at the inner edge and at 

 the front of each blade of whalebone, it had a fringe 

 of bristly fibres; and it was stiffer, harder, and more 

 horny in its texture than common whalebone. This 

 whale produced only about five tons of oil, all of it 

 of an inferior quality, some of it viscid and bad. It 

 was valued altogether, expenses of removing the 

 produce and extracting the oil deducted, at no more 

 than 60Z. Sterling. It had the usual sulci about the 

 thorax, and a dorsal fin. 



In its blowing, swimming, and general action, as 

 well as in its appearance in the water, the musculus 

 very much resembles the physalis, from which, in- 

 deed, while living, it can scarcely be distinguished. 



Species IV. — The Finner. 



Balsena Boops: L. 

 Balaenoptera Jubartes; La Cepede. 



Length about 46 feet; greatest circumference of the 

 body about 20 feet; dorsal protuberance or fin, about 

 two feet and a half high; pectoral fin, four or five feet 

 long, externally, and scarcely a foot broad; tail 



