A Captured Finback Whale

Tlie hend forms qnarter of il: len?th. The body ín 65 feet Ion?, tfi fcet in greatest diameter, and wniafha 70 tons. The eyes :wo very smal], boI a few inches back of the jnw gocket. The spout lióle crowns tlio oummit of the head, 17 feet back from tho noe, Btirrounded by a tliroe-oornore 1 riflsre ofboufl nnfl finlia nibbnr-like Besh. Tho tail íli'iilc, forkeil like a broad arrow hord, set si.loways to the body, enabliua; the whalo to divo, qnickly. Frpra beliind the eyes project two broad soft fins. and a íittlo onn sprints from tho sharp rida iiear tlie tail, giving it the n une fin back. Tho nppwjawr ís lon?, narrow, and concave, thn edgna sm oth an 1 roun 1ed. Jn plafte o! teeth tlicre ex te mis downw,iil n wh'ilobone furmattun like the teolh of a tiii'R cornb setobliquely, jfrowing iu i.e from a f'evr inches at the nose t tlivee feet or more at tlie jaw, thr whole tonninating in a stifF broom-liko frlnge of bristly hairs. ïlie lower jaw is entirely snmoth, much wider thnn the upper, the hitter fitting down in to i t liko a cover, tho bono fringa filling up tlie groove and serving as a gtroiiier tbrough wliich t!ie wator ia expelled after a school of small ft-jr is iniilfed in the maw. The tonguë oorera the entire inner iurCace ot the lower i iw. Tlie orifloe of tho ear is nardly perceptible, vet tlie hearing is so acule that a slüp crossing ita track a half niiie distant will cause it to dive instantly, This species of the whnlo is the most dansrerous to attack, aiul the least piofitable. It destroys vast numbera of' email flsh, and is worth only $500 for oil and bono. It fighte desperately, and if badly wounded describes a large cirele haring a "swath," inside ot' which he uiakes his last stand, and woe to anything that ventures in. If left alone there he will die quietly, announcing his death by elevating his 11 ns and turning his héad toward the setting sim.