5§4 ON THE GREENLAND WHALE. 



Feel 



Depth from the indented part, where the 

 two lobes join, to the junction with the 

 body, - 4 



Diameter of the body at its junction with 

 the tail, perpendicularly, - i\ 



And horizontally, - 2 



Second. The largest laminae of the whale- 

 bone, - - n~ 

 Extreme length, - 58 

 Circumference just behind the fins, 30 or 35 

 Length of the under-part of the head, 1 9 

 Breadth, - - 12 

 Length of the jaw-bone, - 23 

 Length of the fin, - 9 

 Breadth of the tail, - 24 

 Thickness of the blubber at a medium 9 or 19 



inches, and of a red colour. 

 Estimated to produce 19 or 20 tons of oil. 



The food of the whale is generally supposed to 

 consist of different kinds of sepiae, medusae, or the 

 clio limacina of Linnaeus ; but I have great rea- 

 son to believe, that it is chiefly, if not altogether, 

 of the squillae or shrimp tribe ; for, on examining 

 the stomach of one of large size, nothing else was 

 found in it ; they were about half an inch long, 

 semi-transparent, and of a pale red colour. I also 

 found a great quantity in the mouth of another, 

 having been apparently vomited by it. When 

 the whale feeds, it swims with considerable velo- 



