[Journals], 1908-1912
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144 No 27a J Humphreys Forties Motion No 27 June 29 Eye is situated 1/3 mil behind + 2 3 miles from corner of mouth - it -> as a rounded level. Ring - 2 well marked creases above & below - On top of head were 27 small humps - those of the median line (comprising 5) were larger. Those of the side could be easily felt but hardly seen on dorsal half of rostrum - Rostrum is in a V shape having its sides slightly bowed outward & tip left blunt + rounded - 20 mil behind posterior end of blowholes this side, of the rostrum abruptly curves out to form the leveling which contains the eye - The blowholes are a little below the general level of the summit of its head; in front of them is a blunt triangular tunnel rounded at tip which slopes away rap- idly toward the snout forming a low rounded ridge on the median line of the rostrum - This ridge bears 5 hard humps, which make a series of shallow depressions or imarginations for its entire length - The edges of the rostrum are thickened, & bear a double line of alternating humps - This leaves a shallow depression between the median line of the rostrum & the sides - The tip edge of the jawbone found for 6 inches shows the curvature, plainly.