XXXVIII. Observations on the structure and oeconomy of whales. By John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S. communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. F. R. S

Abstract

The animals which inhabit the sea are much less known to us than those found upon land; and the œconomy of those with which we are best acquainted is much less understood: we are, therefore, too often obliged to reason from analogy where information fails; which must probably ever continue to be the case, from our unfitness to pursue our researches in the unfathomable water.