The Sea and Its Living Wonders A Popular Account of the Marvels of the Deep and of the Progress of Martime Discovery from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

CHAPTER VIII.

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THE CETACEANS.

General Remarks on the Organisation of the Cetaceans.--The Large Greenland Whale.--His Food and Enemies.--The Fin-Back or Rorqual. --The Antarctic Whale.--The Sperm-Whale.--The Unicorn Fish.--The Dolphin.--Truth and Fable.--The Porpoise.--The Grampus.--History of the Whale Fishery 95