To the Editor of the Nonrm-Carsa Darty News." pur readers may he glad to learn of the Very live of which was desirous to sible, the matter was pr-sented who was then Acting Provine 1 Judue,' and also at the head of the Burew of Foreign He took up the matt. eal'y, and it is entirely ary of the bones have be shove ju istiction the locality of the whale was, with instractions that he too should appoint a man to ae company us and lend all assistance possible in procuring: rhe skeleton, We found that the high tides had carried the carcass up the river some seventy li. where it was lying quite high on the panic seme three li d: stant from the large village of Tongiwan, The head and tail had been lash+d by the water, and were lying in an irregular mass of flesh, The bmnex had all disappeared from these parts, washed out i may be by the free of the tide, but more probably cut our by the natives, The grest body was still intact, though its position wes differen! from th when we first saw it iv March, Decomposition was g-ing on very slowly, the flesh of the main body b ing apparently as fresh agaver. Sev ral farmers came with their grass-knives and other cutting imple~ ments and wer set to work at it But with these tools ther cond make no impression upon it. The flesh was exceed~ ingly thick and rough like leather. One deep cut wis made. however, from which issued a large quantity of half liquid half solid. substwner, resembling very much untried sperm vil, It was a hopeless task to procure any bones from the masa io the state in which we found it, and with the tools in our possession," The two weiyvans, however, had sent out runners to wild neighbouring places, and had found several pieces in the possession of natives, Two or three sinaller ones had. already been brow: ht to our boats, Orders being given that those possessing any boner ould bring them w the yamen at Zao-wing, we returned, arriving late Suturday night.
Going to the yamen on Monday morning, we found one large hone had already been brought in, and the old magistrate himself with nose tightly hold was looking upon it with an air of triumphant delight.
After considerable talk about sending sent in, and" big Ohinere dinner we eft to Hangchow other pieces that might be
for home A week or xo after, several pieces were sent to us by the magistrate at Zvohying, We have thus procured in alf twelve pieces, five of them—being vertebre. These weigh forty; forty-fmr and n-half; forty-six; fifty-one and a-half nnd sixty-eight and a-half pounds each.
Having a native pre-cher located at Tongkwan, word was left with him to keep us informed from time to time concerning the remainder of the bones. Brt nothing las as yet been heard from him, though that was two months or sago. We are extremely sorry that some specialls in zoology could not have seen this n ster and given us a scientific article concerning Tom. ete, JH. Jenson.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.