BLACK BLUNT-NOSED 
CACHALOT. 
The Cachalots were generally-described by 
the name of Spermaceti Whales; till Pennant 
very properly distinguished them, by borrowing 
the present name from the French. The Ca- 
chalot, which has several teeth in the lower 
jaw^ but none in the upper, is the Physeter of 
Linnsus. Of this genus, there are four spe- 
cies: I. the Physeter Catodon, or Lesser Ca- 
chalot ; 2. the Physeter Macrocephalus, or 
. Blunt-Nosed Cachalot ; 3 the Pliyseter Mi- 
crops, or Sharp-Nosed Cachalot; and, 4. the 
Physeter Tursio, or High-Finned Cachalot. 
In the Systema Naturae, there are three known 
varieties enumerated of the Blunt-Nosed Ca- 
chalot, and two of the Sharp-Nosed. The 
former are, 1 . the Black Blunt-Nosed Cacha- 
lot ; 2. tlie White Blunt-Nosed Cachalot ; and, 
3. the Grey Blunt-Nosed Cachalot : the latter 
consists of, 1. the Hook-Toothed Sharp- 
Nosed Cachalot; and, 2. the Straight-Toothed 
Sharp-Nosed Cachalot. 
The Black Blunt-Nosed Cachalot,- which 
we have figured, is the Physeter Macrocephalus 
Niger, of Linnaus; the Cctus, or Whale, 
v> ith 
