NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WHALE. 45 



CHAPTEK IV. 



NEW ZEALAND CRUISING GROUND. 



" Oh, the whale is free, of the boundless sea ; 



He lives for a thousand years ; 

 He sinks to rest on the billow's breast, 



Nor the roughest tempest fears. 

 The howling blast, as it rushes past, 



Is music to lull him to sleep : 

 And he scatters the spray in his boisterous play, 



As he dashes the king of the deep." 



Sea Song. 



The Whale : its habits and resorts Points of difference be- 

 tween the "right" and "sperm" Whales Food of the 

 Whale Arctic Animalcules Anatomy of the Whale 

 Physiology of the Whale Loss of Whales by sinking 

 The Cause assigned for it An unsuccessful Attempt to 

 Float Dead Whales Reflections on Suicides. 



recent capture of one "right whale," 

 -L getting fast to another, and pursuit of 

 several more, and the sight of them blowing all 

 around, close at hand and at a distance, naturally 

 puts one upon inquiring into the habits and 

 resorts of this sea monster. It is of the class 

 mammalia, order cetacea, warm-blooded, bringing 



