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Wallfische und Delphine
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Fish. XXXVII. Vol. IV. No. 84., WHALES AND DOLPHINS., Fig. 1. The round lipped Whale. (Balaena Musculus.), XJefides the common Whale there are différent other kinds of Whales. We foc hère one reprefejated that is bj far Leffer in size : the common one. The round lipped or roun/1 nofed Whalé never exceeds the leugth o! 31 feet. The colotir of ils back is black, the louer parts are white. It is remarkablc on account of its enormous mouth in which, vyhen open, two or three men rnay stand ight. It is generally found in the Atlantic Océan and taken in the open lea; It is so füll of bluhber that very osten one of them aiïords about 50 barrels of train-oil. In stormy weather it is some times driven on the Coasts of Norway and then eafily caught in the bays. Its principal food conflits in berrings which it pursues on their migrations., Fig. 2. The Nesarnak. (Delphinus Nesarnak.), The Nefarnak belongs to the trihe of the Dolphins. Tt inhabits the northern parts of the Atlantic Océan; but sclrîom approaching the coaft, it is not frequently caught. It is ab oui ton feet long. Its chief colour is of a blackiih-grey variegated with fevéral transverse bands of a darker Colou It is a fish of prey and its jaws are richly befet with cylindrical teeth. Its flesh and bluhber, tho" not verv well taßed, affords the poor inhabitants of the north a very dainty food., Fig. 3. The bidental Dolphin. (Delphinus Diodon.), This Dolphin is also an inhabitant of the Atlantic Océan where it lives upon small fish. fis 1 engt h is about 40 feet; its colour dark brown incliniug to black, lighter or paler tov/ards the belly. The under-jaw of its beaklike mouth is provided with two large prominent tusks. In the year 1733 one of a very large size was caught in the river Thames in the vicinity of* London.
