54 TEE CRUISE OF THE "CACHALOT." 



at the bottom of these upper sockets we found in a few 

 cases what seemed to be an abortive tooth, not one that 

 was growing, because they had no roots, but a survival of 

 teeth that had once been perfect and useful, but from dis- 

 use, or lack of necessity ior them, had gradually ceased to 

 come to maturity. The interior of the mouth and throat 

 was of a livid white, and the tongue was quite small for so 

 large an animal. It was almost incapable of movement, 

 being somewhat like a fowl's. Certainly it could not 

 have been protruded even from the angle of the mouth, 

 much less have extended along the parapet of that 

 lower mandible, which reminded one of the beak of some 

 mighty albatross or stork. 



