WHALE ROOM. 
Macdonald, E.E., by whom it 
was presented to the Museum. 
Upon one side of this skeleton 
has been built up the model of 
the external form of the animal. 
The Sperm- Whale is the prin- 
g cipal source of supply of the 
sperm - oil and spermaceti of 
J ^ commerce. The former is ob- 
•g g tained by boiling the fat or 
J blubber lying beneath the skin 
I' 2 ^^^^ the whole body ; the 
g 1 ^ latter, in a liquid state at 
^ I I the ordinary temperature of 
the living animal, is contained 
in cells which fill the immense 
I g cavity on the top of the skulL 
This Whale, which feeds chiefly 
^ ^2 a on Cephalopods (Squid and 
Cuttlefish), as well as Fishes, is 
widely distributed throughout 
the warm and temperate regions 
of both Atlantic and Pacific 
.§ g Oceans. The skeleton is that 
1^ ^ -I" of a full - grown animal, and 
I t I measures fifty feet, one inch in 
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length, although wanting three 
2^1 of the vertebrae from the end 
of the tail. 
In order to render this 
skeleton more instructive, the 
names of the principal parts 
have been attached to them. 
This will enable the visitor 
to trace at a glance the extra- 
ordinary modifications in the 
form and relations of its com- 
ponent bones the huge skull 
has undergone. 
