The Whale of to Day Is as Big as His Ancestors in Pliny's Time

The whale of to day is as big as his ancestors in pliny's time. And if ever i go where pliny is i a whaleman more than he was. Will make bold to tell him so, because i cannot understand how it is that while the egyptian mummies do not measure so much in their coffins as a modern kentuckian in his ox. In the face of all this, i will not admit that of all animals, the whale alone should have degenerated.