I hope that I may not be misconstrued into saying that the progenitors of whales did actually possess mouths lamellated like the beak of a duck.

或筛子。 我希望我不会被误解为鲸鱼的祖先确实拥有像鸭嘴一样片状的嘴巴。

In answer, it may be asked, why should not the early progenitors of the whales with baleen have possessed a mouth constructed something like the lamellated beak of a duck?

作为回答，有人可能会问， 为什么带须鲸的早期祖先不应该有一张类似于鸭嘴的嘴巴呢？

To the schists succeeded gneiss, partially stratified, remarkable for the parallelism and regularity of its lamina, then mica schists, laid in large plates or flakes, revealing their lamellated structure by the sparkle of the white shining mica.

片岩之后是片麻岩，部分分层，因其片层的平行性和规则性而引人注目，然后是云母片岩，铺成大片或片状，通过白色闪亮云母的闪光揭示了它们的层状结构。