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of (veneration. In the female the pudendum is situated 

 between the mammillary vessels, which are closely adjoining, 

 in a parallel line ; the vent being situated at a short dis- 

 tance below. A long groove up the belly of the male serves 

 as a lodgment for the penis ; the testes being concealed 

 beneath the integuments, and not obvious to view. The 

 teats of the female are of strong cartilaginous substance ; 

 and when drawn beyond the skin, are about three inches 

 in length. When suckling her young, which is most com- 

 monly an individual, the parent turns on her side, and 

 has then the advantage of taking in a great view with the 

 eye above water, when, if any danger is apprehended, she 

 instantly descends, carrying off her young beneath her fin. 

 If the young whale happen to be struck, the harpooner is 

 sure of capturing the parent, as she never forsakes her 

 offspring. The eye of the whale is scarcely larger than that 

 of an ox, and is furnished with lids. The ear is scarcely 

 perceptible, being a perforation not larger than the tube 

 of a goose-quill. 



The balaena mysticetus, or blubber whale, has received 

 its specific name from the Scriptural record of the adven- 

 ture of Jonas. Linnseus has left no explanation of many 

 terms employed in this manner ; and conjecture must, as 

 on the present occasion, be employed in aid of discovery. 

 Crantz has put his authority forward in opposition to that 

 of the illustrious Swede, and states that the squalus car 



