Class IV. CETACEOUS FISH, i , 47 



Div.I. CETACEOUS 

 F I S H, 



N"^ATURE on this tribe hath bellowed an 

 internal ftrudure in all refpedts agreeing 

 with that of quadrupeds ^ and in a few other the 

 external parts in both are fimilar. 



Cetaceous Fifh, like land animals, breathe by 

 means of lungs, being deftitute of gills. This 

 obliges them to rife frequently to the furface of 

 the water to refpire, to fleep on the furface, as 

 well as to perform feveral other fun(5lions. 



They have the power of uttering founds, fuch 

 as bellowing and making other noifes, a faculty 

 denied to genuine fiili *. 



Like land animals they have warm blood, are 

 furnifhed with organs of generation, copulate, bring 

 forth, and fuckle their young, Ihewing a firong at- 

 tachment to them. 



Their bodies beneath the ikin are entirely fur- 

 rounded with a thick layer of fat (blubber) ana- 

 logous to the lard on hogs. 



The -number of their fins never exceeds three. 



* Pcniop. Hiji, Nornv, XL 123. ^/a/?us Jnat, Animal, 288, 



