Teeth. 
46 GREAT-HEADED CACHALOT. ClafsTV, 
Il. The GREAT-HEADED.CACH AL Gar 
Trumpa. Purchafi’s Pilgrimes Lecachalot adentsen faucilles. 
ill. 471. Briffon Cet. 229. 
Balena major in inferioretan- ‘The Parmacitty Whale, or Pos 
tum maxilla dentata denti- Wal fith. Dale Harwich, 413. 
bus arcuatis falciformibus, Phyfeter microps. Lin. jp/te 
pinnam five fpinam in-dorfo 107. Arted. fyn. 1Q4. 
habens. Sib. Phalain. 13. Cathalot, Catodon, or Pot fifh. 
tab. A. ¥. Raii fyn. pifc. 15. Crantz Greenl. 1, 112. 
CCORDING to Sir Robert Sibbald’s obferva- 
tions on one taken on the coaft of Scotland, 
the head was of an oblong form, and of fuch a 
bulk as to exceed that of all the reft of the body. 
The end of the upper jaw was five feet longer 
than that of the lower: a little above the middle 
of the nofe was placed the fpout hole, divided in 
the middle, and covered with a lid. 
In the lower jaw were forty-two teeth, bent like a 
fickle, thick in the middle, and growing {maller 
towards each end: afpecimen of a {mall one is en- 
craved, plate ui. No, 3. 
The eyes were very {mall, not larger than thofe 
of 2 hadock. 
On the middle of the back was a long {pine, in- 
ftead of a fin. 
The color of this fifh was black, the fkin of a 
filky appearance, and very thin. : 
The length of this fifh was fifty-two feet; above 
feventy gallons of oil were extra¢ted from it, and a 
great quantity of {perma ceti. 
Linneus informs us, that this fpecies purfues and 
terrifies the porpeffes fo much, as often to drive 
them on fhore. Ill. “fie 
