CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTION ...... 9 



II. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SPERM WHALE 1 3 



III. THE MYSTICETUS, OR RIGHT WHALE . 39 



IV. THE HUMPBACK WHALE . , . > S^ 

 V. THxS RORQUALS 59 



VI. SIRENIA ....... 73 



VII. THE WALRUS, MORSE, OR SEA-HORSE " . 77 

 Vin. THE SEA ELEPHANT . . . . .83 



IX. SEALS 90 



X. THE SHARK 97 



XL THE TURTLE II4 



XIL THE CUTTLE-FISH OR SQUID . . . 127 



Xin. DEEP-SEA CHIMERAS I46 



XIV. SEA-SERPENTS ...... 165 



XV. THE ALBACORE 1 82 



XVI. THE BONITO ...... 204 



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