ON THE GREENLAND RIGHT-WHALE. 



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The number of the lamina. 



Its distance. 











Its length. 



The height 

 ofthe" wreath." 



From before. 



From behind. 



From before. 



From behind. 







Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



1 

 11 



307 

 297 



3 



4 



2 



591 

 58 



31 

 9i 



21 



3 



21 



287 



3| 



561 



15J 



^\ 



31 



277 



5é 



541 



191 



^\ 



41 



267 



n 



52? 



221 



4i 



51 



257 



9 



51 



26 



5 



61 



247 



11 



49 



30 



6 



71 



237 



131 



46| 



32 



6 



81 



227 



151 



441 



34 



7 



91 



217 



17? 



421 



341 



7\ 



101 



207 



20 



40 



35| 



7k 



111 



197 



22| 



371 



361 



T'å 



121 



187 



25 



35 



361 



7| 



131 



177 



271 



321 



361 



7| 



141 



167 



29| 



30^ 



361 



8 



151 



157 



32 



28 



36 



7| 



161 



147 



34 



26 



355 



71 



171 



137 



36 



24 



35' 



7k 



181 



127 



38 



22 



341 



7 



191 



117 



40 



20 



34 



7 



201 



107 



42 



18 



331 



6| 



211 



97 



44 



16 



321 



6^ 



221 



87 



46 



14 



31| 



6^ 



231 



77 



48 



12 



29| 



6 



241 



67 



50 



]0 



281 



6 



251 



57 



52 



8 



26 



5 



261 

 271 



47 

 37 



54 

 56 



6 



4 



24- 

 22- 



4| 



281 



27 



57 



3 



19i 



4i 



291 



17 



58 



2 



13 



3^ 



301 



7 



59 



1 



5 



2 



It will be seen that the longest laminæ (thirty-six inches and a half) are the 121st to the 141st 

 from before, the 167th to the 187th from behind, therefore not exactly the midmost in the row, nor 

 are they placed exactly in the middle of the set, but somewhat more towards the anterior point, 

 that is to say, thirty inches and a quarter to thirty-five inches from its posterior extremity, and^onl'' 

 twenty-five to twenty-nine inches and three quarters from its foremost extremity. Of course, the 

 circumstance of their being in a dried state can only so far diminish the trustworthiness of this 

 calculation, as the foremost and hindmost parts of the set may perhaps have been unequally 

 influenced by it. 



The " wreath," it will be seen, increases in height with the increasing length of the whale- 

 bone-blades, but not in the same ratio, for the smallest blades before and behind are almost com- 

 pletely, whereas the longest laminæ have only their upper fifth part, covered by it. As far as the 



