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animal it is of a greasy, soapy texture, but it 

 gradually hardens on exposure to the air. Some- 

 times it is found floating on the surface of the sea 

 and often in large masses. The beaks of squids and 



Fig. 27. 



-The Dolphin {Deljphinus delphis). 

 g natural size. (British Museum.) 



About 



cuttlefishes which are found imbedded in it indicate 

 its origin, since these denizens of the sea form the 

 principal food of this whale. Mr. F. T. Bullen, in 



Fig. 28. 



-Skull of the Dolphin. About } natural size. 

 (British Museum.) 



his ' Cruise of the Cachalot/ tells thrilling stories of 

 encounters with this whale. 



Unlike the whalebone whales, which have very 

 small throats, this whale has a throat large enough 

 •to swallow a man. That being so, the cachalot is 



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