A76 SPURIOUS NARWHAL. 



served in the castle of Rosenberg, composed en- 

 tirely of Narwhal's teeth ; the material being an- 

 ciently considered as more valuable than gold. 



A specimen of this Whale, measuring about 

 eighteen feet, exclusive of the horn or tooth, was 

 some time ago stranded on the coast of Lmcoln- 

 sliire, at no great distance from Boston, and was 

 said to have been taken alive, so that the Nar- 

 whal mig-ht now be numbered amons: the ani- 

 malia rariora of the British Zoology. J^^-^-o 



SPURIOUS NARWHAL. 



Monodon Spurius. M, dentibus duobus minutis in maxilla supc' 

 riore, dorso pinnato. Fab. Tami. Groenland. p. 31. 



Narwhal with pinnated back, and two small teeth in the upper 

 jaw. 



A SPECIES most aUied to the Narwhal, but not 

 perhaps, strictly speaking, of the same genus : 

 no teeth in the mouth, but from the extremity 

 of the upper mandible project two minute, co- 

 nic, obtuse teeth, a little curved at the tips, weak, 

 and not above an inch long: body elongated, 

 cylindric, black. Besides the pectoral fins, and 

 horizontal tail, is also a minute dorsal fin. It 

 must be numbered among the rarest of the Whales. 

 Its flesh and oil are considered as very purgative : 

 inhabits the main ocean, seldom coming towards 

 shore: feeds on the loligo : has a spiracle like 

 other Whales. Both flesh and oil are eaten, but 



