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that weight, does, nevertheless, exhibit 

 in its skeleton all the bones which con- 

 stitute the fore limbs of quadrupeds, and 

 has even a bony rudiment which repre- 

 sents the elaborate structure which, in 

 them, constitutes the pelvis. This is 

 the solid fulcrum upon which, in them, 

 the posterior pair of limbs are hinged, 

 and on which, in the case of Man, the 

 power of progression on land is absolutely 

 dependent. The Whale, too at least 

 that species of whale called the Right 

 Whale, which is the species we know 

 best, from its great commercial value 

 presents in its life -history another ex- 

 ample of rudimentary organs. The new- 

 born whale is provided with teeth, which 

 are utterly without functional use either 

 in the young or in the adult, and are 

 soon absorbed and lost as the young 

 advance to maturity. 



There is no doubt that the class of 



