THE "SPOUTING" OF WHALES. 253 



refer to several, in which whales are represented as spouting 

 from their blow-holes one or more columns of water, which, 

 after ascending skyward to a considerable distance, fall 



over gracefully as if issuing from the nozzle of an ornamental 

 fountain. I select one from amongst them (Fig. 27), not with 

 any disrespect for the artist, author, or publisher of the work 



