



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



CETACEANS 



AND 



OTHER MARINE MAMMALS 



OF THE 



WESTERN COAST OF NORTH AMERICA,/ 



WITH AN ACCOtTNT OF 



The American Whale Fishery. 



Illustrated ivith Numerotis Full-page Plates. 



BY 



OH-<^RLES M. SCi^MMON, 



Oaptata Dnited States Bevenue Marine. 



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SAN FBANCISCO, CAL. : \<:V:'/^ A^i O 0^,. y^ 



JOHN H. CAKMANT & CO. ^<£i"j'?l '-Vi;^' 



