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belly. The caudal, which as in all whales is placed horizontally, 

 is not hollowed out to any great extent : by means of a line 

 stretched from tip to tip, I found that in the middle it was 

 hollowed out to the depth of 8 inches. The pectorals are also 

 very small and terminate in an acute angle ; they are placed on 

 a line with the under side of the mandibles, and are 3 feet apart ; 

 the length of the free portion is about 18 inches. The vulva 

 and the anus are externally apparently in one, but in the calf 

 they are quite distinct. The mammae were small, and measured 

 longitudinally 3 inches ; in the middle of each was a hole in which 

 you could insert a finger; they were very short, not half an inch 

 in length, and appeared composed of wrinkled skin ; they were 

 placed one on each side of, and in immediate proximity to, the 

 anus. That portion of the vulva which was exposed to view 

 measured 2 feet in length, and was composed of soft wrinkled 

 skin, very baggy and of a deep lead-colour. Milk was oozing 

 from the teats, from which we may infer that the calf was not 

 completely weaned ; the milk was creamy and yellowish, appa- 

 rently very rich. The belly was blackish -gray, deepening to 

 half-way up each side ; the remainder of the body was of a dark 

 brown, nearly black ; the head and snout are of a much lighter 

 brown than the rest of the body, and have a yellowish tinge. The 

 eye, which is small in comparison with the size of the animal, is 

 of the same size as in the young one. At the base of the snout 

 and of the forehead I noticed some extraordinary markings. The 

 marks consisted of several circles about half an inch in diameter ; 

 on the outside these circles were placed most irregularly, some 

 being an inch apart, and others being clustered together and 

 overlying each other. Each circle was composed of eight or ten 

 small circles about the size of a pin's head : the regularity dis- 

 played in each circle was such, that at the first glance it appeared 

 as if they had all been made by one and the same stamp ; on 

 consideration it struck me that the marks might have been 

 caused by the whale louse, one of which I found on the younger 

 whale. 



The whale calf measured 16 ft. 8 in. in length; from tip of 

 snout to eye 2 ft. 6 in. ; snout to blowhole 2 ft. 10 in. ; snout 

 to blowhole, measured along the curve of the forehead, 2ft. 11^ in.; 

 blowhole to dorsal 7 ft. 8 in. ; the attached end of the pectorals 

 are 1 ft. 7 in. apart ; length of vulva 8 in.; distance from vulva 

 to anus 8i in. No appearance of mammae. The eye is the same 

 size as in the old whale. The snout is shorter in proportion, and 

 the body darker. The whales had unfortunately been kept too 

 long before they were cut up ; one in fact burst, from the quan- 

 tity of gas that had accumulated, and this was rendered worse 

 in consequence of its not having been bled. The flesh was of 



