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Transcription
A.C. Greene
1957
Journal
Taken in vicinity Farallon Islands San Francisco Co. Calif.
(Oct. 3)
THEN IF THEY WERE STILL TOO BIG THEY
WERE TAKEN TO A 4-FT DIA. CIRCULAR
SAW AND CUT PENCE THEN REMOVED.
THE VISCUS, INTESTINES, BLOOD VESSELS,
ETC. WERE ALL CUT UP INTO 3FT
LONG STRIPS WHICH COULD BE HANDLED.
RIBS + VERTEBRAE WERE SEPARATED
WITH THE LONG-HANDLED KNIVES.
THE SCAPULA + HUMERUS WERE SEPARATED
BY BALANCING THEM ON FORKS OF THE
FORK-LIFT & LIFTING THEM SO THAT
THEY SEPARATED AS THE MUSCLE
WAS CUT BETWEEN THEM. THIS WHALE
WAS 44 FT. Q A GOOD SIZED ONE BUT
FAR FROM THE LARGEST. THE WIDE
BETWEEN A 50-FOOTER (MEASURED)
HAD COME IN
AND WAS APPARENTLY A VERY BIG ONE.
THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS BIG EMBRYOS,
NO WORMS IN THE INTESTING OR STOMACH
AS FAR AS I COULD SEE BUT THE MEN
SAID MOST OF THE WHALES DID HAVE "TUBE-
WORMS" IN THE INTESTINES. THE STOMACH
CONTAINED THE "TAILS" OF INCH-LONG
"SHRIMP" + SUNK. THE MEN, ESPECIALLY
THE FOREMAN ROBERT CASEBEER WERE
VERY OBLIGING IN CUTTING OFF PARTS
OF ARROWS OF THE WHALE FOR ME WHEN