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to the carriages even of the wealthy natives. The docile
and vigorous white oxen of Guzerat are especially esteemed
for this service, and will travel at the rate of from thirty to
forty miles a day*.”

Orpen CETACKA.

Batzna.—The Whale.

The Whale belongs to an order of aquatic mammalia, dis-
tinguished by their fin-like anterior extremities, the hinder
extremities being in the form of a large fin or tail; having
no outward appearance of a neck; a very large head, at
least one-third the length of the body, and whalebone in the
jaws.

Balena Mysticetus, the common whale, measures about
sixty feet in length, and from thirty to forty in circum-
ference; the body very bulky, and suddenly tapering to the
tail; the head very large, the lips five or six feet high ; the
eyes small; the general colour blackish-grey, and white
underneath.

Balenoptera physalis is longer than the last species, often

* Pictorial Bible.