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body. Female larger than the male: 
her teats placed in the lower part of the 
belly. 
The colour of the whale varies with its 
age; the back of some being black, of 
others black and white, and some are all 
white: under jaw and belly generally 
white, whatever may be their age. Some 
old whales have a broad white stripe over 
their back down to the belly. 
Their skin is smooth, lubricated, and 
about one inch thick. I have seen a 
book bound with some of the epidermis, 
or scarf-skin, which I brought home, but 
it did not altogether answer the pur¬ 
pose. 
Their bodies, immediately under the 
skin, are covered with a layer of fat, cal¬ 
led blubber , from 12 to 18 inches thick 
in large fish. This, in young whales, re¬ 
sembles hog’s lard ; but in old ones, it is 
of a reddish colour. A large whale will 
produce 20, 25, and sometimes 30 tons 
