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In the lower jaw, which was eleven feet long, 
were placed twenty-three teeth on each fide, each 
two inches long, and all pointing a little outwards. 
The upper jaw, proje&ing five feet over the lower, 
was quite blunt or truncated, nine feet high; and the 
fpout-hole, placed at its upper part, appeared to be 
provided with a fphintfer. In the upper jaw, were 
twenty-three fockets on each fide, for lodging the 
teeth of the lower, when the mouth was (hut; but 
no teeth. v - 
The eyes were remarkably fmall in proportion to 
the fize of the animal, and placed in the mod: pro- 
minent part of the head. 
The pedtoral fins were placed five feet behind the 
corners of the mouth, and meafured three feet in 
length and eighteen inches in breadth. 
The penis was feven feet and a half long and 
placed nineteen feet behind the corners of the mouth, 
inclofed in a ftrong (heath, the mouth of which was 
(hut with a fphincier : five feet behind it was placed 
the anus, likewife furnifhed with a fphinffer , and 
the diftance, from the anus to the divifion in the 
blades of the tail, was fourteen feet. 
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Th t cuticula y or fcarf-fkin, was extremely thin; 
on the upper part of the head and whole body, of a 
bright grey colour, and on the under part of the 
head of a dirty white; it was fmooth and (lippery to 
the touch, eafily torn oft, and when viewed betwixt 
the light, it appeared fcaly. 
The true fkin was of a black colour, about \ of 
an inch thick, adhering firmly to the fat (blubber), 
which was from four to nine inches thick. Below 
he fat every where were tendinous cords, of a bl ight 
draw 
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