THE BLUNT HEADED CACHALOT, *^ 



white, and poliflied like ivory. Far back, and towards 

 the hind part of its monftrous head are placed the eyes, 

 which are very fmall in proportion to the fize of the ani- 

 mals vvhofe motions they are intended to dircdt. The 

 back fin of this fpecies is wanting, and in its place there 

 is found a large protuberance : The two peftoral fins are 

 placed hard by the corners of the mouth, and are about 

 three feet long. The penis is feven feet and a half; the 

 tail bifurcated, and fourteen feet from tip to tip. Such 

 are the monftrous dimenfions of this unftiapely animal. 

 In its great outlines we fiill recognize the general charac- 

 ters of the order j and though inferior in fize to the 

 whale, it is far more tremenduous in its afpe£l, and fier-* 

 cer in its manners *, 



The round headed Cachalot f :, 



1 HI3 fifh is defcribed by Sihhald %% who mentions a 

 fhoal confifting of an hundred and two that was caft on 

 fhore at the fame time upon the Orkney ifles. According 

 to that writer, it wanted the fpout-holes, that are rec- 

 koned charafteriftic of this order of fillies ; it is proba- 

 ble, however, that what he has defcribed as nollrils, was 



this 



• Vide Phil. Tranfacft. vol. LX. 



I Phyfiter Catodon. Lin. Sytt. Le Petit Cachalot. Briffon, 



i Sib. Phahiin. ix. 



