A.C. ZIEBER 1957 Juvenal TAKEN IN VIC. FREAKLOW IS, SAN FRANCISCO CO, CALIF. OCT. 31 WENT OUT TO OER MONTE FISHING CO. ON POINT MONATE, CORONA COSTA CO, CALIF. WHERE KINCE BOAT GOT IN A HUMBACK WHALE (MEGAMOTA) ABOUT 11:15 PM. TOWING IT ALSO RIGHT ALONG SIDE. TATERAN WAS OF FLUKES HAD BEEN CUT OFF APPEARENTLY TO ALLOW A LOOP OF CABLE TO BE PASSED OVER THEM & TIGHTENED ON SMALL "NECK" JUST ANTERIOR TO FLUKES. WHALE WAS HOULED BY CABLE WINCHES UP A CHUTE AND INTO THE LARGE WOODEN-PLANK FLOORED WAREHOUSE WHERE CUTTING UP BEGAN IMMEDIATELY STARTING FIRST WITH THE FLUKES & VIGNIA WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON OTHER MEN OF THE CREW OF 20 OR 25 WERE CUTTING OFF STRIPS OF BLUBBER; THE FLIPPERS AND THE LARGE AND SOFT SLEEKY CHIN OF LOWER JAW SKIN. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THIS PART OF THE WHALE (THE THROAT) WAS SO FLABBY - I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TO BE MORE RIGID. THE GREY TONGUE WAS ALSO VERY FLABBY & APPEARENTLY MORE DIFFICULT TO CUT UP THAN, SAY, BLUBBER OR MUSCLE. THE MEN USED LONG HANDLED KNIVES SHAPED LIKE HOCKEY STICKS WITH THE OUTER PART OF THE DISH CURVED SHARPLY. THEY OFTEN WETTED THE KNIVES WITH SODA.