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lungs, and was found lodged in them by Dr Bar- 

 clay in the course of dissecting ; and several gashes, 

 made with some pointed weapon, appeared in dif- 

 ferent parts of the body. 



It was a male, and seemed to be nearly at full 

 growth. 



I shall now give an account of the dimensions 

 and general exterior appearance of the animal. The 

 measurements were taken with a measurer's line, 

 while the animal was lying on one side, and while 

 all the soft parts were quickly passing into a state 

 of putrefactive fermentation. Of course the mea- 

 surements are given only as nearly correct ; butthey 

 are sufficiently so for the purposes of the naturalist. 



The shape of the animal was highly symmetrical, 

 and at once suggested the idea of perfect adaptation 

 to rapid progressive motion in the water. It re- 

 sembled generally a double cone, one end of which 

 was considerably shorter than the other. The head 

 was small and lengthened ; but over the forehead, 

 as in the narwhal and porpesse, was a thick round 

 cushion of flesh and fat : — the body continued to 

 swell as far as the pectoral fins ; and from this point 

 gradually diminished to the setting on of the tail 

 or organ of motion, On the middle of the back, as 

 in other whales, there was a longitudinal ridge, part- 

 ly bony, partly soft, 



The extreme length of the animal, in a straight 

 line, as it lay on the floor, (the line being measured 

 on the floor,) was 13 feet 4 inches. 



