But as these pig-fish are a noisy, contemptible set,
mostly lurking in the mouths of rivers, and feeding on wet hay,
and especially as they do not spout, I deny their credentials
as whales; and have presented them with their passports to quit
the Kingdom of Cetology.
First: According to magnitude I divide the whales into three primary BOOKS
(subdivisible into CHAPTERS), and these shall comprehend them all,
both small and large.
I. THE FOLIO WHALE; II. the OCTAVO WHALE; III. the DUODECIMO WHALE.
As the type of the FOLIO I present the Sperm Whale; of the OCTAVO,
the Grampus; of the DUODECIMO, the Porpoise.
FOLIOS. Among these I here include the following chapters:--
I. The Sperm Whale; II. the Right Whale; III. the Fin Back Whale; IV.
the Humpbacked Whale; V. the Razor Back Whale; VI.
the Sulphur Bottom Whale.
BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER I. (Sperm Whale).--This whale,
among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa whale and
the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present
Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans,
and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words. He is, without doubt,
the largest inhabitant of the globe; the most formidable of all
whales to encounter; the most majestic in aspect; and lastly,
by far the most valuable in commerce; he being the only creature
from which that valuable substance, spermaceti, is obtained.
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