ertical column is composed of 61
vertebrae, in others of 65, in others of 66, in others of 81, in others
of 90.

The specimen I now describe was, no doubt, that of a young animal; and
the skeleton was prepared, consequently, as a natural one. This method
has the advantage of security against the loss of any important osseous
structures, which too frequently happens when the bones require to be
macerated. The bones contained little oil, and weighed, head included,
only 7-1/4 lbs.; the whole animal, when entire, weighed 14 stone, or 196
lbs.; the skeleton therefore was about a twenty-fourth part of the whole
weight. It was a female. The external nostrils terminated in a single
orifice of a semilunar shape, with the concavity turned towards the
snout. Measurements of young animals have not the importance of those of
the adult; but I give them here because I think that the specimen,
although young, had nearly attained its full growth:--

ft. in.
Total length over the dorsum 6 5-2/8
Total length lateral surface 6 11-2/8
Total length abdominal surface 6 11-2/8
From the snout to the nostrils 0 11-4/8
From the nostrils to the dorsal fin 1 6-4/8
Base of the dorsal fin 0 11
From dorsal fin to foot of tail 3 0-2/8
Breadth of pectoral limb 0 4-4/8
From the snout to the organs of generation 3 9-4/8
Circumference anterior to the arm 2 9
Circumference anterior to dorsal fin 3 2-4/8
Circumference posterior to dorsal fin 2 10
Circumference at setting on of the tail 0 8-4/8
Length of pectoral limb 0 10
Breadth of tail 1 2
Greatest height of the dorsal fin 0 9

From the notes taken at the time, I find that my brother remarks that
the Dolphin of Orkney differed a good deal in shape from those found in
the Forth and seas in the South of Scotland. There were, moreover, 16
more vertebrae than in the skeleton of the Common Porpoise of authors.
The teeth generally weighed 2-1/2 grains each.

Further, the muscles of the tongue, intrinsic as well as extrinsic, were
extremely well developed. The isthmus faucium was 3 inches long. All
this pa