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of ye head, where they got 2 barrels of sperma cete : This filled 
up the whole cranium ; they could find no other thing they could 
call ye brain, if it w r ere not a friable cineritious-like substance, 
which seemed very improbable. They found ys sperma, not only 
in ye head and spina dorsi, but (which perhaps has not been 
hitherto observed) dispersed through ye whole body ; in ye glands, 
whence they prest it out in considerable quantities. The chyrur- 
gions spoke of buying the skeleton ; but I don’t know how it 
came, ye owners disposed of all another way, so yt neither they 
nor we got anything of it. Dr Sibbald got a tooth. He has made 
a description of it, and says he has materials for a 2nd part of 
his 1 Phalainologia.’ Our whale was a male : the penis appeared 
near 7 feet without ye body. The whole length of the creature 
was near 52 feet, and ye circumference of ye biggest part of it 
about 30. The nether jaw was only 3 foot J about, and had 48 
teeth in it. The upper jaw had sockets lined with cartilages to 
receive ’em.” 
Dr Wright has also inserted into the same copy of the “ Phalain- 
ologia Nova” a plate containing six figures, which are marked as 
follows: — Fig. 1. Balaena foemina, pinnis et cauda sinuatis; fig. 
2. Balasna Macrocephala in faciem ob versa, ut dorsum appareat ; 
fig. 3. Eadem in latus decumbens; fig. 4. Delphinus; fig. 5. 
Phocoena; fig. 6. Pediculus Ceti Bocconi. 
In explanation of this plate, Dr Wright states — “ This plate I 
found in a book of original drawings of Sir Robert Sibbald ’s, which 
I met with accidentally some years ago. All the explanation I 
could make out is as follows : — Fig. 1. The original drawing is 
marked in Sir Robert Sibbald’s own hand, ‘ A Whale cast in at 
Resyth Castle.’ Figs. 2, 3, marked in Sir Robert’s hand, ‘ A Sperma 
Ceti Whale;’ and in another hand, * Whaile at Monyfeith, Feb. 
23, 1703 — (fig. 2) backe, to represent the taill ; (fig. 3) side; but 
it did lay halfe upon its side that one Ey & a litle of the bellie was 
obviously a sperm whale. The drawing has clearly been made from the 
animal as it lay on the beach, as the coast line, and numerous figures of per- 
sons, either gazing at the whale or on their way to see it, are carefully given. 
The whole plate has an air of truth and nature which contrasts favourably 
with the imaginary figures of dragons, mermaids, basilisks, griffins, and 
unicorns represented in other parts of the work. 
