Monodon. mammalia. CETACEA. S7 
This species varies much in size. That of Dale, taken near Maldon 1717? 
was 14 feet long, and in circumference. The one described by Hunter, 
taken above London Bridge 1783, was 21 feet long. The one figured by 
Sowerby, found near Brodie House, Elginshire, by James Brodie, Esq. was 
1 6 feet long, and 1 1 in circumference. One of the individuals mentioned in 
the second edition of the British .Z^oology, taken in the Dee near Chester, 
October 1785, was 24 feet long, and 12 in circumference. Two others, left 
on the sands below Aber, Carnarvonshire, 1799, measured, the one 27 feet, 
the other 18, and the breadth of the tail of the largest was 6 feet. Sowerby 
says, “ Head accuminated. Lower jaw blunt, longer- than the upper, with 
two short, lateral, bony teeth. Upper jaw sharp, let into the lower one by 
two lateral impressions corresponding with the teeth. Opening of the mouth 
1 foot 6 inches. Tongue smooth, vascular, small. Throat very vascular, 
rough. Under the throat are found two diverging furrows, terminating below 
the eyes, which are small, and placed 6 inches behind the mouth.” Hunter 
observes, that there are only two small teeth in the anterior of the lower 
jaw, and that in the stomach he found the beaks of some hundreds of cuttle- 
fish. 
Gen. XXXV. MONODON. Narwal.— A straight tooth, 
projecting anteally from one side of the upper lip and jaw. 
Destitute of a dorsal fin. 
56. M. Monoceros. Body subconical, head blunt, with a 
ridge extending from the tail to the middle of the back. 
Unicomu marinum, Tulpius^ Obser. Med. p. 376. tab. xviii — Mon. mon. 
Sowerby^ Brit. Misc. tab. ix.~ Small-headed Narv;al, Fleming^ Wern. 
Mem. vol. i. p. 131. tab. vi.— Narwal, Scoresby^ Arct. lieg. vol. i. p. 486. 
tab. XV. f. 1. 2. 
Three individuals appear to have been found on the British shores. The 
one noticed by Tulpius, as found in June 1648, “■ in mari aquilonari, prope 
insulam Mayam,” (usually considered as the May), was 22 feet long; but in 
this, the horn, which -projected 7 feet, was probably included. The second 
individual was found 15th February 1800, at Frieston, near Boston, Lin- 
colnshire. According to information which I received from Sir Joseph 
Banks (who had communicated his remarks to Lacepede, which, however, 
were misinterpreted, see Wern. Mem. i. p. 147<), in a letter dated 19th 
January 1809, “ The animal, when found, had buried the whole of its 
body in -the mud of which the beach there is composed, and seemed safely 
and securely waiting the return of the tide. A fisherman, going to his boat, 
saw the horn, which was covered up, and trying to pull it out of the mud, 
raised the animal, who stirred himself hastily to secure his horn from the at- 
tack.” This specimen is stated to have been 25 feet in length, of which the 
tooth probably constituted 7 * Sowerby in his drawing (Avhich is equally bad 
with that of Lacepede Hist. Nat. des Cet. p. 159. tab. v. f. 2.), has added, from 
fancy, a second horn or tooth. The third individual, a male, found 27th 
September 1808, at the Sound of Weesdale, Zetland, has been described by me 
in the Wernerian Memoirs. It was a young animal, only measuring, from 
the snout to the tail, 12 feet, with a tooth projecting 27 inches. The length 
of this animal seldom reaches to 16 feet, and the circumference 9 feet. The 
forehead rises suddenly from the short snout, the outline then becomes 
slightlyelevated over the blow-hole, after which a slight depression marks the 
neck. The first half of the body is nearly cylindrical, the remaining portion 
to the tail, conical. In this latter portion there is a dorsal and ventral low 
ridge, and less distinctly marked lateral ridges, giving it a subquadrangular 
