‘Teeth. 
7A GC R°oAUM BW S “Gage 
Ts Pel GR AR aNT Po eee 
Orca Plinii, lib. 1x. c. 6. dentata. Sib. Phalen. 7, 8: 
L’oudre ou grand marfouin. Wil. Icth. 40. Rai fyn. pife. 
Belon, 13. fle 
Orca. Rondel. 483. Gefner pife. L. Epaulard. Brifow Cer. 2363 
635. Leper, Springer. Delphinus orca. Linz. fff. 108. 
Schonevelde, 53. Lopare, Delphinus roftro jur- 
Butfkopf. Marten’s  Spitzberg. fum repando, dentibus Jatis 
124. — ferratis. Arted. fyn. 106. 
Balena minor utraque maxilla 
SA HIS fpecies is found from the length of fifteen 
feet to that of twenty-five. It is remarkably 
thick in proportion to its length, one of eighteen 
feet being in the thickeft place ten feet diameter. 
With reafon then did Pliny call this an immenfe 
heap of flefh, armed with dreadful teeth *. 
It is extremely voracious, and will not even fpare 
the porpeffe, a congenerous fifh. It is faid to be a 
great enemy to the whale, and that it will faften on 
it like a dog ona bull, tll the animal roars with 
pain. 
The nofe is flat, and turns upat the end. There 
are thirty teeth in each jaw; thofe before are blunt, 
round, and flender; the fartheft fharp and thick : 
between each is a {pace adapted to receive the teeth 
of the oppofite jaw when the mouth is clofed. 
The fpout hole is in the top of the neck. In 
refpect to the number and fite of the fins, it agrees 
with the dolphin, 
* Cujus imago nulla reprefentatione exprimi poffit alia, quam 
€arnis immenfe dentibustruculentis. Li. ix. c. 6 
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