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bably belonged to the Cachalot of Clusius. But this last 

 cranium had been mutilated. The jugal bone was gone as 

 it was also in the other, so was all the orbital part of the 

 frontal, and a part of the occipital crest had been broken. 



In all the rest there was no difference." 



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" Are there Cachalots with an elevated dorsal fin ? are 

 there any with the spiracles pierced near the forehead on 

 the middle of the head 1 Are there any in which the 

 branches of the lower jaw, are not joined for most of their 

 length in a cylindrical symphysis ? All this remains to be 

 proved, and to be proved otherwise than by figures drawn 

 by common sailors. Not until such beings have been care- 

 fully observed by enlightened men, not until their osseous 

 parts have been deposited in collections where they can be 

 verified by naturalists, shall we be justified in admitting 

 them into the catalogue of animals." 



The Baron adds, that in all his researches he never met 

 but with two fragments that could afford the slightest indi- 

 cation of a cachalot different from the common species, 

 and that, even in these instances, the differences were not 

 sufficiently important to produce any definite conclusion on 

 the subject. 



Before we proceed to the Bal^en^e, we shall indulge in a 

 few general observations on the cetaceous tribes we have 

 thus far reviewed, with the exception of the Herbivorous 

 Cetacea, on which we shall not dwell at present, as we have 

 already given every important particular concerning them: 

 the reader must have observed a strong general affinity be- 

 tween all the rest from the Dolphin to the Cachalot. This 

 indeed, is so striking, that Count Lacepede has separated 

 them all into one grand section of Cetacea, under the gene- 

 ral name of Cachalots. But following the order of our 

 author, we are necessitated to give our general observations 

 on these animals after the specific details. With the Ba- 



