pads; and hence, though they may cor¬ 
respond with them in some respects, they 
should assuredly be held to be of a diffe¬ 
rent race. 
The common whale, called by Lin¬ 
naeus Balcena Mystieetws , has been some¬ 
times found 160 feet long. In the seas 
of Spitzbergen and Greenland, however, 
they now seldom reach 100 feet, being 
generally killed before they arrive at full 
growth. Head nearly one-third the size 
of the fish ; under-lip much broader than 
the upper. Have no teeth, but merely 
laminae in the upper jaw, similar to those 
found in the bill of a duck, but more 
closely set together, and of a black co¬ 
lour. Tongue, in ordinary sized whales, 
about 18 or SO feet long; consists of a 
soft spongy fat, and frequently yields 
five or six barrels of oil That article 
in commerce, commonly known by the 
name of whalebone\ is found adhering tp 
the upper jaw, in thin parallel laminae, 
