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middle of caudal fin, 5 ft. 5-j in. Length from upper lip to notch in 
middle of caudal fin (following curve), 5 ft. 10 in. From upper lip 
to anterior edge of dorsal fin (following curve), 2 ft. G in. Total ver- 
tical height of dorsal fin, 6 in. Pectoral fin, length from junction 
of anterior edge with body to tip, 1 ft ; pectoral fin, greatest 
breadth, in. Breadth of caudal fin across the flukes, 1 ft. 3 in. 
A figure is given, but the coloration Mr. Clark says, was singularly 
beautiful, and he fears no drawing could give any adequate idea of it. 
The following is Mr. Clark’s description : — 
“ The upper part of the body generally was a glossy black, and 
the under a creamy white. The upper lip (before described) was 
white, with a black spot at the tip, and a few irregular pale grey 
cloudings on its surface. The convex forehead was at first white 
for half an inch on the right side, and a quarter of an inch on the 
left ; this white space was bounded by a wavy line of black spots 
of different dimensions, including a subtriangular space of a 
brownish colour, 2 inches broad, dotted with darker spots. 
“Immediately behind the blow-hole was an ogee of black, lg inch 
deep, succeeded by a space of light brown colour 81 inches wide by 
9 inches deep. Beyond this the whole upper surface of the body 
was black till about 18 inches from the tail, when it became grey. 
At a point 10 inches from the centre of the tail this grey ceased, 
and the tail became black above and below. The underside of the 
caudal fin was irregularly streaked with grey ; and there was a 
white spot on the raphe. 
“Behind the eye and just above the pectoral fin was an irregular 
patch of light yellowish brown flecked with numberless spots and 
dashes of brown of more than one shade, with an occasional black 
mark. There was a long narrow band above this and between it 
and the dorsal fin, sparingly spotted ; and a second space, marked 
like the first, commenced at about the middle of the band and 
extended backwards to a point halfway between that and the tail. 
The markings upon both of these cannot be better described than 
by comparing them with those upon a sheet of blotting-paper that 
has been much used. They were thickest at the sides of the space, 
of which a small portion, just in the centre, was free from markings 
altogether. Between these spaces the black was less intense ; a 
band of it, however, extended between the second space and the 
white of the belly. 
