Div. I. CETACEOUS Fish; the characters of which are the following: No gills; an orifice on the top of the head, through which they breathe and eject water; a flat or horizontal tail; exemplified in Plate CCCXVIII. (lower compartment), fig. 1. by the Beaked Whale, borrowed from Dale's Hist. Harw. 411. Tab. xiv.—This division comprehends three genera; the Whale, Cachalot, and Dolphin.
Div. I. CETACEOUS Fish
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