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and the date when the fish must have been struck on the Atlantic side, it 

 was therefore agreed that there is a north-west passage by which whales 

 passed from one side to the other, since the stricken animal could not have 

 had the harpoon in him long enough to admit of a passage around either 

 Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope." He adds, "It is found also that 

 the Right Whale, of the Northern Hemisphere, is a different animal from 

 that of the Southern." 



QUESTIONS UPON MARINE MAMMALS. 



What is said of the size, organization and movements of Marine Mammals ? 

 What have they been called ? How do the paddles appear when dissected ? 

 What is their chief use ? Why must the Whale resort to the surface ? How 

 great a pressure does it sometimes encounter? How is it guarded from 

 injury which might thence arise ? Describe the uses of the blubber. Give 

 particulars respecting the eyes of the Cetacea. What author has referred to 

 them as showing Divine contrivance? What is one of the most remarkable 

 things in the economy of the Whale ? How are they able to remain so long 

 under water? In what manner do they breathe? Why are these called 

 blow-holes? What is said of their sportings? How do the Whales usually 

 take their food? What is said of their hearing? Have they the sense of 

 smell? What is said of their stomach and other organs? What more is 

 said of them ? Into what families may the Cetacea be divided ? Give a 

 general view of the Dolphin tribe? How many species does thi? family 

 include? What is said of the "number of the teeth in the Common Dolphin? 

 What of their form and use? How long is it? What gives interest to this 

 animal? How was it regarded by the ancients? What is said of the colors 

 of the Dolphin? Does its color change while dying? What are its habits? 

 How are these illustrated by Ancient naturalists? What is the meaning of 

 the term Monodon ? What of Narwhal ? What other names are given to 

 it ? Has it teeth ? What is said of its tusks ? What virtues have been 

 attributed to them? What use does the animal make of them? What 

 other species of Whales does this precede ? Does Dr. Scoresby describe the 

 Narwhal ? What is said of them by Dr. Kane ? Name the sp. of the 

 Beluga, or White Whale ? Give some account of this W. What are their 

 favorite resorts ? Why are they not more often pursued by whalers ? At 

 what season are they very useful to the Greenlander ? Give the character- 

 istics of the Porpoise. What is said respecting the wide diffusion of the 

 Common P. ? What of its resemblance to the Dolphin ? What is said of 

 the leather made from its skin ? What is said of the brain and teeth of the 

 P. ? What of the word Grampus ? Upon what do they feed ? How was 

 its flesh formerly regarded ? What is the meaning of the term Grampus ? 

 What is it called by American sailors ? Describe it. Where is its favorite 

 abode? What is said of its voracity? What incident is related by Sir 

 Joseph Banks? Name the sp. found on the coast of France. For what is it 

 famous ? Give the sp. included in the gen. Delphinapterus, and describe 

 it? What do whalers call it? Where is it found? How many sp. do the 

 gen. Globicephalus include ? How are they characterized ? How do the 

 teeth shut into one another ? What is this W. called ? By what method 

 are they taken ? What additional names are given to this W. ? How are the 

 second fam. of Cetacea distinguished? Why is the name CATODONTIDAK 

 given to it? What names are applied to the Sperm W. ? Describe it. What 

 peculiar substance does it yield ? Describe the process for obtaining the 

 pure Spermaceti of commerce. What is Ambergris ? What is said of the 



