liv NATURAL HISTORY. 



to forty- one pounds. According to Lacepede, it has been captured near the coasts 

 of Iceland and Norway, of a most enormous magnitude, rivaUing in size some of 

 the smaller species of the whale kind ; and Pennant, who had himself seen 

 one that weighed three hundred pounds, says, that much larger ones are fre- 

 quently taken near Iceland. The following dimensions are the average of ten, 

 that we took off the west coast of Greenland, in July, 1829, from the same bank 

 tis the Gadiis Moiliiia of this notice. 



Length from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail . 43.1 inches 



of the head to the posterior part of the gill covers 10.7 



of the tail (centre ray) . . . . . . fi.O 



of the rays of the anal and dorsal fins . . . 4.3 



Breadth of the tail 13.3 



of the body 21.1 



Average weight, 34|-lb. 



Number of fin rays : B 7. P 4f . V 6. D 99, A 77. C 17. 



