Field notes, v1726
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A.C. ZIEGLER 1959 JOURNAL off Farallon Islands San Francisco Co. Can't. SEPT. 17 SAUCO THE SKULL OF A 37 FT. O> BERGANS (BOT) BAROI FOR MRS. BILL MANZER, WARD AUSGENY? I WENT OUT + LOOKED AT SKULL. WE TALKED to MR. RENARDO RICCHI (NAME?) OWNER OF INDEPENDENT RENOVING CO. (DOWN THE BLOCK FROM GOLDEN GATE FISHING CO.) + HE OFFERED to BOIL OUT SKULL FOR US. DR. BENSON ARRANGED FOR BORROWING A LARGE TANK FROM U.C. ENGINEERING FIELD STA. + ALONG WITH BILL MANZER WE PICKED UP TANK SEPT. 19. TOOK SKULL + TANK TO RENOVISING PLANT + RAN STEAM LINE INTO IT. SKULL BOILED FROM ABOUT 11:00 AM SAT. 'TIL ABOUT 7:00 AM SAT. COOLED ALL DAY SUNDAY, THEN BOILED ABOUT 12 HOURS MONDAY. HOVER JAWS COULD BE REMOVED FREE OF MEAT MONDAY MORNING + REST OF MEAT WAS MOSTLY FREE TUES. MORNING. WHEN WE THEN CONNECTED TEGNY + GAS BLOWER + HAULS CLEANED SKULL TO ENG. FIELD STA. (GOT HORN OF SMOWN FORD W/FT FROM MR. CHUCK CARTO OF DEL MONTE FISHING CO, NOT FAR TO RENOVERS). AT FIELD STA. PEOPLE OFFERED USE OF A LARGE "DECK" SEPTIC TANK FOR FISH CLEANING (BY MACERATION, IT IS HOSED) OF SKULL. SKULL SUSPENDED IN WATER CONTAINING "DIPLODOCS