Greenland whale

Its yield of oil is said to be less than that of the Greenland whale but it is of a finer quality.

Its former extensive trade with the West Indies has lately suffered owing to the enormous development of the North Sea ports, but it is still largely engaged in the Greenland whale and the oyster fisheries.

Contrary to the usual habits of the Greenland whale, this individual, instead of occasionally seeking the depths of ocean for its protection, especially on receiving a fresh and painful wound, remained mainly at the surface.

Two of these, the bowhead or Greenland whale, and its more widely distributed close relative the right whale, are baleen whales.

Jessie S.—The great Greenland whale which is found in the Northern Ocean has a throat so small that it can not swallow anything larger than a herring.