THE BOWHEAD, OR GREAT POLAR WHALE. 
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The above illustration represents the relative proportions of the full-grown baleen of different 
species of whalebone whales, as follows : 
1. Baleen of the Bowhead, or Great Polar Whale. 
2. Baleen of the Bight Whale of the North-western Coast. 
3. Baleen of the Sulphurbottom Whale. 
4. Baleen of the Humpback Whale. 
5. Baleen of the California Gray Whale. 
G. Baleen of the California Gray Whale, in a section, showing the manner of its being 
imbedded in the gum of the jaw. 
7. Baleen of the California Gray Whale, in a section, showing how the fringes lie across. 
