the blunt headed cachalot. eg 
’■“ite, and poliflied like ivory. Far back, and 'towards 
toe bind part of its monilrous head are ; placed the eyes, 
vv bich are very fmall in proportion to the fize of the ani- 
m al 3 whofe motions they are intended to direct. The 
^ a ck fin of thi3 fpecies is wanting, and in its place there 
ls ^°und a large protuberance : The two pe&oral fins are 
P^ced hard by the corners of the mouth, and are about 
t ' Uee ^ ee t long. The penis is feven feet and a half; the 
tai l bifurcated, an d fourteen feet from tip to tip. Such 
are the monilrous dimenfions of this unlhapely animal. 
its great outlines we Hill recognize the general charac- 
' Crs order ; and though inferior in fize to the 
^’bale, it i s f ar more tremenduous in its afped, and tier.* 
in its manners *. 
'The round headed Cachalot ft 
T 1 
1!Ij fifli is deferihed by Siblald J, who mentions a 
^° a con fifting of an hundred and two that was call on 
t 0re at the fame time upon the Orhiey illes. According 
j° t ^ lat Wr iter, it wanted the fpout-holes, that are rec-» 
nea chara&erittic of this order of tithes ; it is proba- 
e i however, that what he has deferibed as nollrils, was 
this 
, Ph;1 - T r anfj6t. vol. LX. 
T yfiter Catodon, Lin, Syft. Le Petit Cachalot. Briffon, 
■' Sit. Phala-n. ii. 
