TION. 



Class IV. HIGH-FINNED CACHALOT. 83 



Balaena macrocephala tripin- Physeter Tursio. Gm. Lin. 3. High- 

 nis, quae in mandibula infe- 229. ? finned. 



riore dentes habet minus in- Le Cachalot a dents plattes. 

 flexos et in planum desi- Brisson Cet. 230. 



nentes. Sib. Phalain. 18. Le Physetere* Mular. De la 

 Raii Syn. pise. 16. Cepede. Hist, des Cet. 23g. 



UXE of this species was cast on the Orkney 

 isles in 1687. The spout-hole was placed in Descrip- 

 front, and on the middle of the back was a high 

 fin, which Sibbald compares to the mizen mast 

 of a ship. The head abounded with sperma ceti 

 of the best sort. The teeth of this kind are 

 very slightly bent ; that which we have figured f 

 is seven inches three-quarters in length; the 

 greatest circumference nine : it is much com- 

 pressed on the sides; the point rather blunt 

 than flat ; the bottom thin, having a very nar- 

 row but long orifice, or slit, hollowed to the 

 depth of five inches and a quarter, and the 

 tooth immersed in the jaw as far as that 

 hollow. 



* De la Cepede has placed this species in a distinct genus, in 

 consequence of its having a dorsal fin, with which the Cachalot 

 is not provided. Ed. 



•f Plate iii. Jig. 1 . 



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