A.C. BEECHER 1957 JOURNAL TAKEN IN VICINITY FARALLON ISLANDS, SAN FRANCISCO CO., CALIF. Oct.31 (cont.) LEADING EDGES OF THE FLIPPERS OR GROOVED THE GROOVES WERE GROOVED, WERE THE RESULT OF THE GROOVES BUT THE FORE MAN SAID THE HUMPS WERE NATURAL AS THEY COULD BE SEEN IN EMBRYOS. I ALSO CONCEIVED THE CAPED "LICE" CLUSTERED AROUND THE BASES OF THE FLIPPERS. THERE MUST SUBSIST ON INVERTEBRATE MATERIAL SINCE ITS NOT CONCEIVABLE THAT THEY COULD GET ANY BLOOD FROM WHALE THRU THE THICK SKIN OR EVEN ANY SUBSTANCE FROM THE BLUBBER. THE GROOVES ON THE TROAT & CHEST DID NOT SEEM TO ACT AS PLEATS AS IN AN ACCORDION BUT RATHER KEPT THEIR GROOVED SHAPE EVEN WHEN THE SKIN WAS COLLAPSED & FLAPPY. THE BLOWHOLE(S) WERE NOT SEEN. THE EYE WAS SMALL GRAPEFRUIT SIZE - I LOOKED FOR PARASITES INSIDE THE EYELID BUT SAW NONE. NO HAIR WAS VISIBLE ON ANY PART OF WHALE. THE WHOLE OPERATION OF CUTTING UP THE WHALE WITH A 20-MAN CREW RAPIDLY TAKES ABOUT 15 HOURS - VARYING OF COURSE WITH SIZE OF WHALE. TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF SEASON FOR ANY.