PLATE 8. 



THE BOWHEAD WITH ITS MOUTH OPEN. 



THE BOWHEAD WITH ITS MOUTH SHUT. 



DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING THE USE OF THE WHALEBONE PLATES IN THE 



MOUTH OF THE BOWHEAD WHALE. 



From sketches by Captain David Gray, iu Land and \yater, Ui'cember 1, 1877. (p. 22.) 



