264 Mr. ALpERSON on a Whale of the Spermaceti Tribe. 
the bones of the animal, that it was impossible to examine 
every organ. 
Mr. Hunter, in his paper on this tribe, has made some 
curious remarks on the mode in which these animals suck, 
“which,” he says, “would appear to be very inconvenient for 
respiration, as either the mother or the young one will be 
prevented from breathing at the time, their nostrils being in 
opposite directions; therefore the nose of one must be under 
water, and the time of sucking can only be between each 
respiration.” Now, as the external orifice of the breathing 
tube is on the left side of the median line, and the mamme 
near the anus, supposing both the mother and the sucker on 
their right sides respectively, but reversed in position, I see 
nothing to prevent the sucker continuing his occupation, without 
any interruption whatever to his respiration, or to that of the 
mother. 
It only remains for me to state, that the skeleton will be 
articulated and preserved at Burton Constable, the seat of Sir 
Thomas Constable, Bart., to whom the animal belongs, as Lord 
Paramount of Holderness. 
The bones are now macerating in pits, where they will 
haye to remain a considerable time. In the Autumn, probably, 
the process of articulating will be commenced, and from the 
known zeal of the steward* of the estate, there is every pro- 
bability of its being completed in a skilful manner. 
* Mr. Iveson of Hedon. 
Kineston upon Hutt, 
May 14, 1825. 
