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CHAPTER I. 
EXTERNAL FORM AND PECULIARITIES OF THE 
SPERM WHALE. 
Before proceeding to the account of the habits of the 
sperm whale, I have thought that it might be interesting 
to prefix a short description of its external form, and 
some anatomical points in its conformation. By refer- 
ence to the prefixed engravings, the following description 
will be much more readily understood: 
Fig. 1. 
Fig. 1 represents the outline of the entire form. Fig. 2 . 
Fig. 2, that of the anterior aspect of the head. 
Fig. 1 — a , the nostril or spout-hole ; by the situation 
of the case ; c , the junk ; d, the bunch of the neck ; e, 
the eye; f, the fin; g , the spiral strips, or blanket pieces; ( 
h y the hump ; i, the ridge ; Jc , the small ; l, the tail or 
flukes ; B, a harpoon ; C, a lance. 
Fig. 2 — a, the lines forming the square are intended to 
represent the flat anterior part of the head. 
