476 SPURIOUS NARWHAL. 



served in the castle of Rosenberg, composed en- 

 tirely of Narwhal's teeth ; the material being an- 

 ciently considered as more valuable than gold. 



A specimen of this Whale, measuring about 

 eighteen feet, exclusive of the horn or tooth, was 

 some time ago stranded on the coast of Lincoln- 

 shire, at no great distance from Boston, and was 

 said to have been taken alive, so that the Nar- 

 whal might now be numbered among the ani- 

 malia rariora of the British Zoology. 



SPURIOUS NARWHAL. 



Monodon Spurius. M. dentibus duobus minutis in maxilla svpe- 

 riore, dorso pinnato. Fab. Faun. Greenland, p. 31. 



Narwhal with pinnated back, and two small teeth in the upper 

 jaw. 



A SPECIES most allied to the Narwhal, but not 

 perhaps, strictly speaking, of the same genus : 

 no teeth in the mouth, but from the extremity 

 of the upper mandible project two minute, co- 

 nic, obtuse teeth, a little curved at the tips, weak, 

 and not above an inch long : body elongated, 

 cylindric, black. Besides the pectoral fins, and 

 horizontal tail, is also a minute dorsal fin. It 

 must be numbered among the rarest of the Whales. 

 It^ tlesh and oil are considered as very purgative: 

 inhabits the main ocean, seldom coming towards 

 shore: feeds on the loligo: has a spiracle like 

 other Whales. Both flesh and oil are eaten, but 



