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external covering of lard, or blubber, is stripped off, 

 the flesh beneath is found entirely free from fat or oil, 

 and, when cooked as steaks, bears a close resemblance 

 to tender beef. It is certainly superior to the flesh of 

 the turtle, cooked in the same form. The liver is also 

 palatable and wholesome, and resembles in flavour the 

 same part of a pig. 



In all the individuals we obtained, the contents of 

 the stomach were either fish, cuttle-fish, or shrimps. 

 The food contained in the first compartment of the 

 stomach * had seldom undergone any change ; in the 

 second its digestion had advanced ; while in the third 

 and fourth cavities it was reduced to a well-assimilated 

 pulp. Each chamber of the stomach (but more espe- 

 cially the second) had large clusters of round-worms 

 adhering to its interior; and where these entozoa had 

 been fixed, the mucous membrane was in a deeply 

 eroded or ulcerated state. 



THE GRAMPUS. 



This name is applied, by South-Sea whalers, to a 

 species of cetacean which we very frequently noticed in 

 the Pacific Ocean, from the Equator to 44 N. and 10 

 S. latitude. They occur in herds ; and their appearance 

 is supposed to indicate the resorts of the Cachalot. 



Whether this whale is identical with the Grampus 



than it is now, the English were accustomed to regard the flesh of the 

 " Porpoise," or common Dolphin, as a voluptuous and aristocratic food. 

 The flesh of the same whale was also anciently employed as food by the 

 French, and being deemed fish, was eaten by all ranks of society on fast- 

 days, and at the season of Lent. 



* This organ in Dolphin (as in other cetaceans) is complex, or divided 

 into several compartments, each communicating with the other by a 

 small orifice. In this respect it bears a close resemblance to the 

 stomach of ruminant quadrupeds. 



