Field notes, v1725
Page 125
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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