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much ; the body long, black above, white beneath ; the swimming-paws appeared 

 white, even on their upper surface, but surrounded by dark colour on the body ; [this is 

 remarkable] ; the lips and extremity of the muzzle appeared, when projected out of 

 water, of *a flesh-colour. They usually expired with a rushing noise, the instant the 

 blowhole was exposed ; but did not, as I believe, spout. Once, however, I observed a 

 little cloud of steam sailing away on the wind from the spot where one had just disap- 

 peared; it exactly resembled that appearance which succeeds the spouting of the com- 

 mon Rorqual (which I have seen many times), but as my eye did not catch the animal 

 itself, I cannot positively say that such was its origin on this occasion. The evenings 

 being cool and refreshing after the burning days, and being generally fair, and now 

 lighted by the moon, we spend them on deck, as the pleasantest hours of the twenty- 

 four ; this evening the wallowing of the whales added a new interest, and at nearly 

 eleven o'clock we left them still in company. November 23rd. On rising we were 

 surprised to find the whales still attending us. I now had an opportuniiy of seeing 

 the profile of one very distinctly, and of assuring myself that the form of the head was 

 exactly that of the figured Delphinorhynchus, no furrow being visible. One of the 

 officers informed me that he saw one of them " breach,'' or leap clean out of the wa- 

 ter. Soon after 8 a.m., they left us, having continued with us nearly seventeen hours, 

 a period of extraordinary length, when we consider that the visits of frolicsome Ceta- 

 cea to vessels, rarely last more than half an hour or an hour. During the whole of 

 this time, the ship had been running before a gallant breeze, and had proceeded 

 nearly one hundred and twenty English miles. — P. H. Gosse ; London, September 

 3rd, 1846. 



On Whales stranded on the Belgian Coast. By M. Julian Deby. 

 (Continued from p. 1470). 



Baleinoptera ROSTRATA, &C. 



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