HOA CONCLUSIONS. 
animal must have been about 60 feet, and the length of its ¢runk 
about 67 feet. Summing up the lengths of the head, the neck, 
and the trunk, we have for the Daedalus animal 43 feet. This 
individual swam with its body in a straight line; “sixty feet at 
least were visible a fleur d'eau’ are the words of Captain M’Quuag, 
substantiated by the reports of two of his officers. Yet it was 
obvious that this was not the whole length of the animal, and 
that a great length of tail was hidden under water. The animal 
was estimated to be from eighty to ninety feet in length. I have 
not a single reason to doubt this statement, and therefore conclude 
that the tail of the animal was about as long as the distance from 
the animal’s nose to its hindflappers. But I will not be too bold 
and only give it a length of about forty feet. If this is within the 
bounds of truth, of which I don’t doubt in the least, the length 
of the tail of the individual, seen by the officers of the Osborne 
measured about 120 feet. Captain Horr who had the opportunity 
to observe the four flappers together in a very favourable position , 
states that the foreflappers are larger than the hindflappers (119). I 
venture to estimate the length of the last at about 7/, of that of 
the foreflappers. So we may estimate the length of the hindflappers 
of the two individuals at 3'/; and 10 feet respectively. As to the 
breadth of the animal’s trunk the officers of the Osborne state that 
it was from fifteen to twenty feet in their individual. We may 
safely suppose that the animal did not expose its greatest breadth, 
which must have been a little below the surface of the water, so 
that I don’t hesitate to fix the greatest diameter at 20 or 21 feet. 
The body gradually diminishes towards the tail, and this in its 
turn towards its end, which, as we have observed, is pointed. 
The reason why I have deduced my different relative proportions 
only from the reports of the officers of the Daedalus and of the 
Osborne, is that they had a very favourable opportunity to estimate 
them. The former saw the animal swimming with its body in a 
straight line, and with its neck quite stretched, not contracted, 
showing the greater part of its length, and swimming in such a 
way that it was seen just from aside, so that the different /engéhs 
of the portions of the body could easily be estimated. And the 
latter saw the animal just from behind, so that the different 
breadths of the animal could be seen; moreover the dimensions of 
the foreflappers were visible. ; 
1 have ventured to draw up the following table of the animal's 
proportions for ten mdividuals, differrmg in age or sex. 
