436 ON THE ORKNEY ANIMAL. 



off : That the length of the neck, the situation of 

 the snout-holes, and of the eye ; the shape of the 

 snout, the position and distance of the limbs from 

 each other, appear to him to be exactly preserved 

 in the drawing : That the lower jaw was awant- 

 ing when he saw it : That the fish was of a grey- 

 ish colour : That he observed no nipples or organs 

 of generation, unless as above mentioned : That 

 the part of the belly which was burst open, and 

 from which the stomach had fallen out, was be- 

 tween the two limbs that are situated in the 

 middle of the animal. And all this he solemnly 

 declares to be truth. And declares he cannot 

 write. 



Eodem die. 



Compeared Mr George Sherar, tacksman 

 of Rothiesholm, in the island of Stronsa ; who 

 being interrogated, solemnly declared, That on 

 the 20th of October, being in Rothiesjiolm-head, 

 he saw the crew of John Peace's boat examining 

 something on the water, which he took to be a 

 dead whale ; That about ten days afterwards, a 

 gale of east wind having taken place, he went to 

 see if the whale was driven ashore, and found it in 

 a creek, lying on its back, about a foot under wa- 

 ter - P and from the view which he had of its figure, 

 length and limbs, his curiosity induced him to re- 

 turn a day or two after the gale had abated, when 

 fie found it thrown upon the beach, a little below 



