WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE WHALE'S LEGS 



has "observed them following in a vessel's wake for 

 several leagues," and gives an extract from the jour- 

 nal of Dr. J. D. B. Stillman of San Francisco, in 

 1850, concerning a blue whale, or "sulphur-bottom/' 

 as it is sometimes called, which followed the ship 



The eye and ear of a blue whale. The eye is just above the 

 corner of the mouth and the ear is the small spot about four 

 feet behind it. The ear canal is just large enough to admit 

 a small pencil, but because water is such a good medium for 

 carrying sound, whales hear excellently. 



Plymouth for twenty-four consecutive days. The 

 account is so interesting that I quote it in full : 



November I3th : We are witnesses of a very remarkable 

 exhibition of the social disposition of the whale. A week 

 ago to-day we passed several, and during the afternoon 



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