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XIII. Some account of a Fin-Whale stranded 

 near Alloa, 



By Patrick Null, F. A. S. & Sec. W. S. 



(Read nth February 1809. ) 



On Sunday morning, the 23d October 1808, alarge 

 whale ran itself ashore on the banks of the Forth, 

 a little way above the town of Alloa. About 

 break of day, the servants belonging to the farm- 

 house of Longcarse were alarmed by the noise of 

 the animal's blowing, and floundering among the 

 sludge. Assistance was soon procured from Alloa, 

 and it was killed and secured. 



As soon as I learned the occurrence, I resol- 

 ved to see the animal ; but it was the 1st of No- 

 vember before I could accomplish my purpose. 

 By this time, the flenching was over, or the blub- 

 ber had been cut away, and the krang or carcase 

 had been sent afloat with the tide, on account of 

 the very offensive smell it emitted. I found the 

 car case lying on the beach at the village of Lower 



