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on the upper surface of the head is well adapted 

 for that purpose, being the first part that comes 

 to the surface of the water in the natural progres- 

 sive motion of the animal ; and therefore it is to 

 be considered principally as a respiratory organ, 

 and where it contains the organ of smell, that is 

 only secondary. 



The size of the brain differs much in different 

 genera of this- tribe, and likewise in the propor- 

 tion it bears to the bulk of the animal. In the 

 Porpoise, I believe, it is largest, and in that re- 

 spect comes nearest to the human. The size of 

 the cerebellum, in proportion to that of the cere- 

 brum, is smaller in the human subject than in any 

 animal with which I am acquainted. In many 

 quadrupeds, as the Horse, Cow, &c. the dispro- 

 portion between the cerebellum and cerebrum is 

 not great, and in this tribe it is still less ; yet not 

 so small as in the bird, &c. The whole brain in 

 this tribe is compact, the anterior part of the cere- 

 brum not projecting so far forwards as in either 

 the quadruped or in the human subject; neither 

 is the medulla oblongata so prominent, but flat, 

 lying in a kind of hollow made by the two lobes 

 of the cerebellum. 



The brain is composed of cortical and medullary 

 substances, very distinctly marked ; the cortical 

 being, in colour, like the tubular substance of 

 a kidney ; the medullary very white. The sub- 

 stances are nearly in the same proportion as in 

 the human brain. The two lateral ventricles are 

 large, and in those that have olfactory nerves are 



