Note (return) — THE NATURALIST.
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Blumenbach has some sensible observations on this subject. When all that has been said about it is carefully examined, it is clear that various circumstances have given rise to the misconception. Much of it is applicable to the whale;6 much is referable to thick, low, fog-banks, which even experienced seamen have mistaken for land,7 an opinion coinciding with what has been said of this same Kraken, by a Latin author of considerable antiquity.