ZOOLOGY. — BAL^NA MYSTICETUS. 459 



Two paps in the female, afford the means of rear- 

 ing its young. They are situated on the abdomen, 

 one on each side of the pudendum, and are 2 feet apart. 

 They appear not to he capable of protrusion, beyond 

 the length of a few inches. In the dead animal, they 

 are always found retracted. 



The milk of the whale resembles that of quadru- 

 peds in its appearance. It is said to be rich and 

 well-flavoured. 



The vent is about 6 inches behind the pudendum 

 of the female ; but, in the male, it is more distant 

 from the organ of generation. 



The colour of the Mysticetus is velvet-black, 

 grey, (composed of dots of blackish-brown, on a white 

 ground,) and white, with a tinge of yellow. The 

 back, most of the upper-jaw, and part of the lower 

 jaw, together with the fins and tail, are black. The 

 tongue, the fore part of the under-jaw and lips, 

 sometimes a little of the upper-jaw, at the extremi- 

 ty, and a portion of the belly, are white. And the 

 eye-lids, the junction of the tail with the body, a 

 portion in the axillae of the fins, &c. are grey. I 

 have seen whales that were all over piebald. The 

 older animals contain the most grey and white ; un- 

 der-size whales are altogether of a bluish-black, and 

 suckers of a pale bluish, or bluish-grey colour. 



The skin of the body is slightly furrowed, like 

 the water-lines in coarse laid paper. On the tail, 

 fins, &c. it is smooth. The cuticle, or that part of 



