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Cetology

           AnIrishauthoraversthattheEarlofLeicester,onbendedknees,didlikewisepresenttoherhighnessanotherhorn,pertainingtoalandbeastoftheunicornnature.

           TheNarwhalehasaverypicturesque,leopard-likelook,beingofamilk-whitegroundcolor,dottedwithroundandoblongspotsofblack.Hisoilisverysuperior,clearandfine;butthereislittleofit,andheisseldomhunted.Heismostlyfoundinthecircumpolarseas.

           BOOKII.(Octavo),CHAPTERIV.(Killer).OfthiswhalelittleispreciselyknowntotheNantucketer,andnothingatalltotheprofessednaturalists.FromwhatIhaveseenofhimatadistance,Ishouldsaythathewasaboutthebignessofagrampus.HeisverysavageasortofFeegeefish.HesometimestakesthegreatFoliowhalesbythelip,andhangstherelikealeech,tillthemightybruteisworriedtodeath.TheKillerisneverhunted.Ineverheardwhatsortofoilhehas.Exceptionmightbetakentothenamebestoweduponthiswhale,onthegroundofitsindistinctness.Forweareallkillers,onlandandonsea;BonapartesandSharksincluded.

           BOOKII.(Octavo),CHAPTERV.(Thrasher).Thisgentlemanisfamousforhistailwhichheusesforaferuleinthrashinghisfoes.HemountstheFoliowhale’sback,andasheswims,heworkshispassagebyflogginghim;assomeschoolmastersgetalongintheworldbyasimilarprocess.StilllessisknownoftheThrasherthanoftheKiller.Bothareoutlaws,eveninthelawlessseas.

           ThusendsBOOKII.(Octavo),andbeginsBOOKIII,(Duodecimo.)

           DUODECIMOES.Theseincludethesmallerwhales.I.TheHuzzaPorpoise.II.TheAlgerinePorpoise.III.TheMealy-mouthedPorpoise.

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