366 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



worth going to see. Sportsmen and naturalists should not miss 

 the opportunity of examining so good a collection of German 

 Deer heads. 



From so large a series it was a somewhat difficult matter 

 to make a selection for the draughtsman and engraver; but 

 through the courtesy of Mr. Stevens, who gave every facility for 

 the purpose, a dozen heads have been picked out which are all 

 notable in their way, some of them, probably unique. 



As a sequel to Fig. 12, showing the appearance of a diseased 

 growth of horn, I have added another (Fig. 13), copied from 

 Dr. Altum's ' Forstzoologie' (i. p. 365), illustrating a case in 

 which the horny substance (phosphate of lime and gelatine) has 

 exuded over the top of the head, covering the upper portion of 

 the face like a mask, and depriving the animal of the sight of 

 one eye. This very remarkable specimen was alive when found 

 and secured by his Eoyal Highness Prince Frederick Charles of 

 Prussia, in December, 1872, near Potsdam. 



THE FINWHALE FISHERY ON THE COAST OF FINMARK. 

 By Alfred Hkneagk Cocks, M.A., F.Z.S. 



Most people who have paid the least attention to the Cetacea 

 are aware of the existence of the veteran Norwegian sailor Herr 

 Svend Foyn, and associate his name with the invention of gear 

 enabling him to cope successfully with the large and active Fin- 

 whales, a family hitherto usually let alone by whalers as too 

 dangerous for the known appliances of their craft ; and are also 

 aware that he established a very successful whaling business at 

 Vadso, on the east coast of Finmark. But the number of persons 

 (beyond the actual whalemen,* and natives of the North of 

 Norway) who know anything about the fishery, — extended within 

 these last two years by the expii-ation of Herr Foyn's patent- 

 rights, — may be almost reckoned on one's fingers. 



As very few persons have visited the scene of the whale- 

 factories, and no account has been pubhshed in England, so far 

 as I am aware, and as I am, I believe, the first amateur who has 



* The whalemen are none of them natives of the North of Norway, but 

 all come from the south — from Sandefjord and Tousberg. 



