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While I was observing this phenomenal creature, two jets of steam and water sprang from its blowholes and rose to an altitude of forty meters,
當我觀察這只奇怪動物的時候，兩道水和汽從它的鼻孔吐出來，直噴到叫十米的高度，
which settled for me its mode of breathing.
這一點使我肯定了它呼吸的方式。
From this I finally concluded that it belonged to the branch Vertebrata, class Mammalia, subclass Monodelphia, group Pisciforma, order Cetacea, family...
我最后斷定這動物是屬于脊推動物門，哺乳綱，唯一豚魚亞綱，魚類，鯨魚目屬。
but here I couldn't make up my mind. The order Cetacea consists of three families, baleen whales, sperm whales, dolphins, and it's in this last group that narwhales are placed.
到這里我便不能往下說了。鯨魚目有三科：長須鯨，大頭鯨和海豚，獨角鯨是歸在最后一科。
Each of these families is divided into several genera, each genus into species, each species into varieties.
每一科分為好些屬，屬分為種，種分為變種。
So I was still missing variety, species, genus, and family, but no doubt I would complete my classifying with the aid of Heaven and Commander Farragut.
變種、種、屬、科，我還不知道，但我不懷疑，借上帝和法拉古艦長的幫助，我可以完成對于這動物的分類。
