Show the whale i 4 y the tie whale is 19 t tup general beral nome of an ail order of animals inhabit inhabiting im the ocean an ridged anaed in zoology under tinder the name of cete cote or ana anc baloug ill lii 1112 to the class M Minn malu maim in the li Linn cean sean system tins tais animal is named whale fr from M rou roq roundness or from rollina while living in part or wholly in the ocean it differs in many important respects from the faeh oleh b tribes and it is ig these peculiarities which render it ft a link between the creatures of theland and of th aliea tilea eba while it has hai ithe the power of locomotion in tila hie water like other fishes yet in in other particulars tic ulars it has no with them it is as much a mammal mammal as ais the ox oi or the elephant or the horse having haying warm blood breathing air bringing forth living and suckling them W with etli true milk miff tily am ale is the largest of all ail known ani ahi animals mils mlis soa sop en irks is upon the wha whale leand and its varieties will form foru the subject of the present chapter thi the renn WHALE E the cachalot Cac helot orTi or lyre lyse ter 1 ahe the principal species are the black headed beaded with a dorsal fin binand abd and the round heade headed d without a fin on ion file ha back and with fistula in the snout this whale Dk is known at a distance 1 bye bys peculiarity ecu acu lar t 0 of his ils spouting or blows aws he e ca cajide i be t easily detected by w wha lemen e an i e hap I 1 e sto to be in company co totally w with eth ith 0 ther other species of bf W whales h s ile he blow blows I 1 tha the e water or va vapor or f from ro his nostrils in a single column to th the tha bei hei t perhaps of 12 iffet feet inclining in a forwar forward direction direct liy iii an anle angle of forty five de derees decrees rees with wilh he a horizon a and nd 1 for several miles there is also alvon a wonderful der regularity as to time if rne in which lie he blows perhaps once in ten minutes ile he remains on the surface of the water from 45 to 60 minutes and under water about the same time unless tile the whale is frightened wha lemen make quite correct calculation as to the chances of overtaking him or when lie he will rise to the surface after behas he has turned flukes when the sperm whale is near lie can bs be aas ashy ity distinguished by the form of his head unlike any other variety of whale its head is enormous in hi bulk being fully more than one third 0 of f the length of its boi boj and it ends like an abrupt arid and sleep steep so hard for several feet teet fr op its f aront I 1 I 1 11 ia t it is quite difficult if not impo 4 abla for ail an iron to a ater it as impervious imperio US indeed to a harpoon as agn a bale of cotton besides the sperm sperl whale has ilasa a hump bump on his bais bai s which distinguishes hio him froio 0 aliers outliers tins blimp hump is farther forwald thi than a n the hump on the tha finback whale sperm whales whale shave bare been cap captured tun tur from 70 to in length and from 30 to 45 feekin feet in circumference round tile the largest part of heir bodies it is supposed by wha lemen from their appear appearance ancey ancel that they live or some of them al lit least isalt to a great age one writer oil on this su subject b thought aliat the sperm whale would attain cheape the age age ape of samy namy hundred years and even to a thousand years this however is nere inere conjet ure because there are no dates or facts upon which to found a correct opinion some whales have been taken having baving their teeth worn off leis level levei ea with the gums and then a again aln ain in other instances s part of their teeth save have been broken brohen aff or torn out by some violent effort the whole number of teeth in a sperm whale is about forty two they are wholly in tle tile lower igwe jaw which alone is movable with the exception of a natural MOVE movement ent of the the tle entire head of the fish the teeth admirably f fit it into sockets rockets in th the e upper jaw when the ish whale ile ale is in search for his food or conten contending ding with his foes he drop drops his lower jaw if he sees fit nearly to a right tangie angle ath the under par part it of his bis body and abd then brid brin brings eslis his bis jaws together with incredible energy and quid quickness kness sperm whales engage in fearful and dreadful struggles igles and conflicts with each other one was captured a few years since having his lower jaw which was more than 15 feet long and studded with sharp pointed le teeth leeth eth twisted pil gli irely frely around at a aright tight angle with his body 1 lie he was swimming in that manner when lie he wa was s harpooned this was ail an instance of a most desperate encounter er another whale was captured having a part of his enormous jaw broken entirely off the tha front and sides of their heads leads as well as their bodies not un 15 frequently exhibit deep lines or furrows produced by th the e teeth of some powerful antagonist it lt is as the sperm whale advances in in age his head not only retains its ordinary proportions and to appearance becomes enlarged but tte fie truth is the other othel parts of ils lis hs body especially his extremities do actually diminish in in hulk bulk and circumference in s me instances more oil has been taken out of theli thell ead pad of aspera w whale ohlie li alethan than from the other pars of hs body alie ahe pil principal apal food 0 of the Sperm whale aale lalo is fcc squid ti id 1 5 animal this isan isalt animal ot of so curious an bruer ier ler ai as to merit a word Df special seea notice the principal peculiarity of this mo luscus us tribe iribe i is s the possession posses ion lon of powerful tant acnia daguia or arms ranged round the provided with suckers which give them lle ile power of adhering 0 to roch rocks si or any other substances substance with surprising tenacity some of till tribe attain to a great size and as large larga as the whale is will furnish it with no jao contemptible jn in the g gruet u of one sperm whale an arm or tanta culum of asea ea squid was found measuring nearly twenty seven feet long Wha lemen frequently discover large masses or junks of squid floating about probably torn in pieces by whales in their search ea liah after food the flesh of the squid is soft ft u ith 4 ti jhones ones and somewhat transparent ie prilmon sunfish sim sun gish fish seen orf on our ili gil shores ores I 1 it t is said saia tha that t squid have beep seen peen as largo as ail an ordinary whale this i food for the sperm whale is found in gr great atit abundance phee ahee in fhe the pacific seas 1 i 9 tim HE RIGHT the she whale having this 1 ii rai ral 1 I 1 the species of bal abia Mystice 1 tusi there are several varieties included 11 athis this aas ps we shall hereafter ob serve and arid which are distinguished by wha lemen both in regard to sortie extel external ext einal einai nal nai peculiarity as us well different localities where they their are usually hoard board i the tha right whale differs from the sperm in thel th e following particulars jils his head is sharper more morg pointed he be has lias no hump on his back the column of water which he throws up tili when lie he blows is tines ofa of a fork and it rises from his holes iu in a perpendicular direction from flom eight to twenty feet feete the right whale furnis furnishes hes bes the boffa baleen so puch much in id co common lilmon use and called this bone is taken from the mouth and upper jaw of the whale whala and is set alone laterally in the most exact order orden beveral several inches apart decreasing 1 in n length lenth len ien th from the tiie centre to his mouth or the arch of his palate and becoming shorter boker farther back while towards tho the he lips the bone tapers away into mere bristles forming it a loose haming hanging fringe or border at the bottom of this row of bone where it penetrates tila ilia cheum gum and ard from eighteen ta to thirty inches downward ard we bind find a material that rem b coarse hair bair entwining and interlacing the bono bone and thus forming a sort of net work and so thi I 1 abat ahat when the tha whale closes hj djs j lips I 1 to press out allt ake water tile tiie smallest kind of fish are caught in tiie ilia th emes meshes hes and hie are unable to esda escaped e indeed the tha edges nf n the tiler bone cope or ctr slabs as ag they might be term tern termed A ea are fringed with this coarse hain hair and it extends to thel rex ore are ittes liles a ahr ay be seen indue rough stat state ewhen lauda the length of the tho bones or Z stabs aty vary 1 in a a great measure according ace to the swo size odthe ii though some varieties of this species have larger and bt bet ter bone than others the value of the tho bone is enhanced as a general thing in pr proportion to its length I 1 the principal food of the right whale is a very small red fish fich called palled brnt albrit brit immense shoals of these fish are seer sees on whale grounds and the water to a great threat distance even for miles mile become becomes colored them 1 when the whale Okes ta keshis liis lils food lie he throws open his lip iiii s or lets them falla faila falland talland nd swimming with will IV great e 1 velocity lie he scoops up an infinite number oft of these small fishes and others that accompany wm them some of thern scarcely larger than half of ail an ori or orl i binary sized pea he a then closes his I 1 lips aps fps and press ing outtie water from his mouth eve every ry particle partig k e of 0 solid matter is securely retained within dle nie the die mouth of the iv whale ale aie is adorgan of very wonderful construction ina Ipa ipalari large lare specimen of tha the race it may measure when fully fly opened aboaf abou sixteen feet long iong twelve feet high aud and ten tea feet wide wile an n apartment in truth of very good di mentions notwithstanding the eno buh bulk buk of this creature cr a atu re its throat i is s so narrow it alvo would bould uld choke spona morsel fitted for the deg lution pt gie an ox its food foa therefore must beas beras it re really alTig is in very S smail email na all ail particles such sue 1 is as the wonderful contrivance of nature and in which w we a can call dis 1 cover an instance of remarkable wisdom in ili ill the e creator and provider of his crea creatures the right whale does not fat fot fight 0 or contend with his mouth or head as the s sperm arn whale does but his means of attack and defence are chiefly in his enormous flukes he will however when i n struck root around aroulia as say and not illi frequently in iti this thin manner kanuer upset a boat this kind of and other ari varieties 1 etlee distin the baleen billeen or bone have no reg regular u I 1 a r time foi fol remal ningon the surface of the water after they breach nox pox sn in under water witter after they turn flukes the length of a lare larae right whale is about 80 feet and some have bare yielded ed their captors to toiuo barrels barrel of oil such a whale would perhaps weigh not far from eighty tons allowing one ox to begil fi a hundred or thousand pounds pound she sho lle lie would weigh weldi down moio moro mor than fifty of such stich an animals ingals Swe times a whale will turn Us its head downwards and moving its tremendous lail high in the air will lash the water ditl violence singa rai ral cloud of v vapor apor and sending a lou iou loud loul report to the ilia distance of two or three miles thijs deijs called lob tailing by wha lemen i S the oil of this species of valuable than the Sperm which now has ail an advanced price in the market far beyond an any previous value attached to it is obtained obtain from t the month of the whale about in pro proportion of 1000 to loo ibs lbs bs oil TIIE THE WHALE this is a smooth slim fisson fish smaller laller usually than a whale Heis hels he is found in nearly all latitudes ile he has a hump on his back which distinguishes him film from the right Hight whale his head bead and mouth mout th are of the same construction this whale is known by wha lemen when seen at ata a suitable distance by his blows the column of vapor rises in a single stream in hi a vertical or perpendicular direction this fisli fish is termed I 1 Fi fillback finback liback on account 0 o abio abbo a fia 0 il is ering jn this particular from all other otil e r species 0 f whale the oil obtained from him is of the same quality as tild the right whale ol 01 ta i i this whale is smooth all ail 1 ovar no bonnet on his heads head as wha lemen say bay ay and asri abri as right hales haies have their heads differ in shape somewhat from other hother whale and band beg beh hence ce the giyen glyen to them This species of w hales haies so air as known krown have neverseen never been found except in the sea spa and arctic ocean |