THE 



SPERMACETI WHALE. 



Generic Character, 



Teeth in the lower jaw only. 

 Fijlula or refpiratory pipe feated either on the 

 head or the top of the fnout. 



Specific Character, &c. 



PHYSETER with gibbofe back without fin. 



THE SPERMACETI WHALE. 



BLUNT-HEADED CACHALOT. 



Fennant, Brit. ZooL 3. p. 55. 



The general characters of the cetaceous animals 

 having aheady been given in the prefent work under 

 the article of Balasna Myfticetus, it is unnecelTary 

 to recapitulate them in the defcription of the pre- 

 fent fpecies, which is the largeft of its genus, and 

 is one of the moft interefting of the whole tribe ; 

 affording not only the well-known concrete called 

 fpermacetij but likewife the valuable fubftance 

 known by the name of ambergreafe. This fpecies 

 is of an appearance ftill more uncouth than the 



great 



