Excerpt from On Some Points in the Anatomy of a Megaptera Longimana This movement it was seen on one occasion to repeat three times. The movement was described as resembling the leap Of a salmon, but slower. The intervals between the blowings were generally about two minutes, never more than five minutes. A stream like a spray fountain went up for, it seemed, 15 to 20 feet, at first straight up and then broke. The blow-hole part was not visible above water. When it rose ordinarily the back was seen first, then the dorsal fin; in disappearing, the dorsal fin was the last seen; neither the tail nor the paddles were shown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.