A.C. Ziegler 1957 Journal TAKEN IN VICINITY OF FAREWELL ISLANDS, SAN FRANCISCO CO, CALIF. OCT. 31 (cont.) AT THE TIP SINCE A LONG KNIFE WAS USED TO CUT THRU THE SYMPHYSIS THERE WAS SOME DISAGREEMENT AS TO THE NUMBER OF "STONES" - 2 TO 5 WERE THE RANGE OF OPINIONS - I COULDN'T TELL MYSELF. FOREMAN'S NAME WAS ROBERT CASSEBERG HE WAS MOST HELPFUL ADDRESS IS DEN MONTE FISHING CO, POINT SAN PABLO, SAN PABLO, CALIFORNIA. & PHONE # BEFORE 2-1000. ALL MATERIAL FROM THIS 44 FT. Q HUMBAERK GIVEN # 944. ALSO PICKED UP 2 PIECES OF BONE FROM ANOTHER HUMPBACK - THESE GIVEN # 945. PIECES OF 944 WENT TO VARIOUS PEOPLE IN L.S.B. THE WHALE BOAT WAS TUG BOAT SIZED OR A LITTLE LARGER & EQUIPPED WITH A HARPOON GUN. THE HARPOON, AS FAR AS I COULD MAKE OUT WAS ABOUT 4-5 FT. LONG WITH FOLDING BARBS WHICH OPENED IN THE WHALES WHEN TENSION WAS PUT ON CABLE. APPEARENTLY A FUSE WAS LIT TO EXPLODE A CAP WHICH THEN BLEW UP A CANISTER OF BLACK POWDER ON THE VERY HEAD OF THE HARPOON. THIS CANISTER COUDDING THEN SHRAPNELED INSIDE THE WHALE.