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No 18 Humback of James of Sechelt BC
Color Back, top of both sides & belly black -
On median line of the heart between
& a little behind the fectorals on a
great mass of white - in the area
where this white oft covers the bottoms
of the furrows are pink - anteriorly
this white mass again, in the middle
of the throat - On the sides of the breast an
small white dashes - no white on
throat except a few small flecks -
throat is practically all black - some
white on chin & snout - no white on
left ramus except at very tip & there
only a few circles - Almost no white
on right side of throat & breast - only away
few small white edgings to the folds - right
ramus has a few large scattering white
circles all on the anterior half - none on the
posterior 1/2 - Stubs of flukes below black
at body with large white patches - no white
front travel to pinnis - Part of mouth
light purple & base light slate blue like
the inside of right ramus - tongue
darker slate-blue - left ramus almost
white inside -
Pectorals left alone has on the half of
fin nearest body a large black patch
which does not touch outer edge - rest
of fin is all white with narrow black
streaks thinly scattered over it -