FIGURE NO. 7 



SKELETON OF RIGHT WHALE 



[Balcena mysticetus'] 



This whalebone whale is about 60 feet long. At P 

 are shown the vestiges of the hip-girdle and hind-limb, 

 buried deep within the flesh, and useless. The fore-limb 

 is turned into a balancing flipper, yet the ordinary 

 bones are all represented. The flukes of the tail and 

 their muscles form the propelling organ. From the 

 palate there hang down the dark plates of whalebone. 



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