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colour. When taken together, they measured in 

 thickness rather more than one-third of an inch. 

 Of the two, the one next to the epidermis was 

 white as milk, and exhibited nothing of either a fi- 

 brous or a membranous structure ; the one beneath, 

 of a darker shade, displayed both. Its fibres were 

 observed at right angles to the stratum above and 

 the cutis beneath ; and united laterally, formed 

 laminae or membranes, which were seen running 

 at small distances in undulated lines, uniting and 

 separating, and leaving cellular interstices between 

 them, extending through the whole depth of the 

 stratum. The two substances here described oc- 

 cupied a place corresponding to that which is as- 

 signed to the rete mucosum, and which, in the 

 negro, is also divisible into two layers. 



Beneath the cutis, which was thick and strong, 

 was found every where a stratum of blubber ; and, 

 in several places, some inches deep. This was the 

 adipose substance of the animal, of a greenish co- 

 lour, arising from a fluid and limpid oil, that, in- 

 stead of adeps, was here diffused in large quanti- 

 ties, through that part of the cellular texture inter- 

 posed between the cutis and muscles. In other 

 parts of the cellular texture, whether from natural 

 or accidental causes, it seemed to be wanting : nor 

 did this circumstance occasion surprise, as different 

 species have their adipose substance differently dis- 

 posed, of different colours, consistencies and quali- 



