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Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton

           Inlength,theSpermWhale’sskeletonatTranquemeasuredseventy-twofeet:sothatwhenfullyinvestedandextendedinlife,hemusthavebeenninetyfeetlong;forinthewhale,theskeletonlosesaboutonefifthinlengthcomparedwiththelivingbody.Ofthisseventy-twofeet,hisskullandjawcomprisedsometwentyfeet,leavingsomefiftyfeetofplainbackbone.Attachedtothisback-bone,forsomethinglessthanathirdofitslength,wasthemightycircularbasketofribswhichonceenclosedhisvitals.

           Tomethisvastivory-ribbedchest,withthelong,unrelievedspine,extendingfarawayfromitinastraightline,notalittleresembledthehullofagreatshipnew-laiduponthestocks,whenonlysometwentyofhernakedbow-ribsareinserted,andthekeelisotherwise,forthetime,butalong,disconnectedtimber.

           Theribsweretenonaside.Thefirst,tobeginfromtheneck,wasnearlysixfeetlong;thesecond,third,andfourthwereeachsuccessivelylonger,tillyoucametotheclimaxofthefifth,oroneofthemiddleribs,whichmeasuredeightfeetandsomeinches.Fromthatpart,theremainingribsdiminished,tillthetenthandlastonlyspannedfivefeetandsomeinches.Ingeneralthickness,theyallboreaseemlycorrespondencetotheirlength.Themiddleribswerethemostarched.InsomeoftheArsacidestheyareusedforbeamswhereontolayfootpathbridgesoversmallstreams.

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