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771. In the course of tliese investigations, the discovery \vas 

 A sea of fire to them, made that the torrid zone is, to the right whale, 

 as a sea of fire, through which he can not pass ; that the right 

 whale of the northern hemisphere and that of the southern are 

 two different animals ; and that the sperm whale has never been 

 known to double the Cape of Good Hope — he doubles Cape 

 Horn. 



772. With these remarks, and the explanation given on Plate 

 Eight whales. IX., thc parts of the ocean to which the right whale 



most resorts, and the parts in which the sperm are found, may be 

 seen at a glance. The sargassos, or places of weed, are also repre- 

 sented on this plate. 



