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sixty to seventy in number, and occupy about ten 

 minutes. It is a curious fact that the number of 

 spoutings is always exactly the same in the same 

 individual. 



As regards the locality in which it is found, the 

 cachalot is a rather ubiquitous creature, inhabiting all 

 parts of the ocean, excepting those in the neighbour- 

 hood of the polar regions. It is an occasional visitor 

 to our shores, but is less often seen there than is tbe 

 rase with the Greenland species. 



