The Spinal Cord of the Sperm Whale

apply the spinal branch of phrenology to the sperm whale. His cranal cavity is continuous with the first neck vertebra. In that vertebra, the bottom of the spinal canal will measure ten inches across. For many feet after emerging from the brain's cavity, the spinal cord remains of an un decreasing girth almost equal to that of the brain. Then i should call this high hump the organ of firmness or indomitableness in the sperm whales. And that the great monster is indomitable, you will yet have reason to know.