xxii NATURAL HISTORY. 



although we found amongst them several articles made from the tusks of that animal, 

 they were all brought from Repulse Bay, where it abounds. 

 No specimens were obtained. 



17.— DELPHINAPTERUS BELUGA (White Whale). 



Delphinapterus Beluga. — Cuv : R^g. Aiiim. — vol. i., p. 290. 

 Delphinus Albicans. — Fab: Faun. Grceiil. — p. 50. 



Scoresbi/^s Arctic Regions — vol. ii., pi. xiv. 



Seen abundantly in Prince Regent's Inlet, but none were taken by us. 



18.— MONODON MONOCEROS {Narwhal). 



MoNODON MoNOCEROS. — Cuv : Reg. Anim. — vol. i., p. 292. 



Fab: Faun. Groenl. — p. 29. 

 Scoresbi/'s Arctic Regions — vol. ii., pi. xv. 



The Narwhal, or Sea Unicorn, though occasionally seen in great numbers in the 

 upper part of Baffin's Bay and Prince Regent's Inlet, are but seldom killed, from the 

 great difficulty of surprising them when sleeping on the surface of the water, and the 

 very short time they remain up when they rise to breathe. 



The oil produced from its blubber is considered superior to that of the Whale ; and 

 the horn is valuable. Two or three years ago, several hundreds of these animals were 

 found dead along the west coast of Baffin's Bay by the vessels employed in the whale- 

 fishery ; and I was informed by Captain Humphreys, of the Isabella, that of a great 

 many examined by him, the males only have the horn-shaped spiral tooth. 



Fabricius says, that both male and female have this horn ; and that sometimes, but 

 very seldom, the male has two of equal size. A specimen of this may be seen in the 



