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The {kin extremely fmooth and: bright; that on 
the back black ; that on the belly white. 
This fpecies takes its name from the fhape of its 
nofe, which is narrower and fharper pointed than 
that of other whales. 
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Balena edentula corpore ftric- 
tiore, dorfo pinnato. Rait 
Jjyn. pif 9. Dale Harwich, 
410. No. 2. 
Fin Fith. Marten’s “pitzberg.165 . 
Egede Greenl. 65. Crantz Greenl. 
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et ae Sit El 
Le Gibbar. Briffin Cet. 222. 
Balena filtula in medio capite’ 
tubero penniformi in extre- 
mo dorfo, Arted. hyn. 107. 
Balena Phyfalus. Lin. fj. 
106. 
HIS fpecies is diftincuifhed from the common 
whale by a fin on the back, placed very low 
and near the tail. 
The length is equal to that of the common kind, 
but much more flender. It ts furnifhed with whale- 
bone in the upper jaw, mixed with hairs, but fhort 
and knotty, and of little value. The blubber alfo 
on the bedy of this kind is very inconfiderable : thefe 
circumftances, added to its extreme fiercenefs and 
agility, which renders the capture very dangerous, 
caufe the fifhers to neglect it. The natives of Green- 
Jand tho’ hold it in great efteem, as it affords a 
quantity of flefh, which to their palate is very agree- 
able. 
The lips are brown, and like a twifted rope: the 
fpout hole is as it were fplit in the top of its head, 
thro’ which it blows water with much more violence, 
and to a greater height, than the common whale. 
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Deifcr. 
