THE FIN Fiair. -^5^ 



refpecls erroneous ; of this nature certainly is the aflign- 

 ing it {harp ferrated teeth*. There are feven diiFerent kinds 

 of the whale properly fo called ; five of thefe are enume- 

 rated among the BritiJJj fifties. The common whale, the 

 fin-fifh above defcribed, the pike headed whale, the round 

 lipped, and the beaked. All thefe differ from each other 

 in fize and figure, as their names imply : Their inanner of 

 ^ving is alfo fomewhat different, the laft defcribed being 

 more a6live and fierce than the reft. None of them hare 

 a large f wallow, when compared with other kinds of fillies j 

 none of them accordingly are very voracious ; and if com- 

 pared to the cachalot, that enormous tyrant o£ the deep, 

 their manners will appear harmlefs and gentle. 



^he Narwhal, or Sea-Uniconij-, 



1 HE narwhal is about fixty feet long, of a more (len- 

 der make than the common Green/and whale ; and its 

 fat is in lefs abundance. It inhabits the feas of Iceland 

 and Greenland, and is feen in the fame northerly regions 

 with the reft of the cetaceous tribes J. Nature has, how- 

 ever, diftinguiflied it from every other inhabitant of the 

 deep, by that formidable weapon in the form of a tooth, 

 which projects frorn its upper jaw. Amongft all that 

 variety of armour which flie has conferred upon her dif- 

 ferent tribes in the animal kingdom, fiie has contrived 

 no inftrument of deftriidion fo dreadful as the horn of 

 the narvvhal. 



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* Rondclet. apud Wlllough. cap. iv. page 4I, 



f Monoceros, WiUough. page 42. 



t ride Bartholin, apud WiUough. page 4%, 



