KILLED IN THE FRITH OF FOUTH. 375 



it did not appear so to the eye ; for, from the tip of 

 the lower jaw, along the middle of the belly to the 

 cleft of the tail, measured 13 feet 9i inches, while 

 the measurement along the back gave only 13 feet 

 6 inches. 



From the upper edge of the pectoral fin or swim- 

 ming-paw, to a point opposite to the anus, measur- 

 ed 7 feet 8^ inches ; and from the anus tp the pe* 

 nis 8 inches. 



The fin or paw, from the root to the apex, along 

 its exterior margin, measured 2 feet. Its greatest 

 breadth was 1 foot 1 inch ; where narrowest, at its 

 root, it was 6 h inches. It was, therefore, of an oval 

 shape. Five interior bones, analogous to fingers, 

 could be felt ; and after the animal had lain for 

 two or three days, they could easily be traced by the 

 eye, the putrefactive process having gone on with 

 remarkable rapidity. There was likewise a small 

 projection at the point of each bone. 



From the angle of the mouth to the root of the 

 fins measured 2 feet nearly. From the angle of 

 the mouth to the eye, 2f inches. From the angle 

 of the mouth to the tip of the upper jaw, following 

 the curvature, 10 inches ; and to the tip of the lower 

 jaw, the same. 



In the common whale, the head forms about a 

 third of the whole bulk of the animal ; in the be- 

 luga, as already noticed, it is small. From the 

 blow-hole to the tip. of the upper jaw, measured 1 

 foot 10 inches ; and from the blow-hole to the eye, 



