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Sedart B.C.
whales from April - to May/6 -07
averaged 5 ton air per whale - 256 gallons
$to the tun - 9 1/2 lbs per gallon
Humpback No 3/1. ♀ June 29-08 Kyuput
a calf about 28 feet long with a very short head - Pectorals
about 4 below pale white - above have
a small black patch at root.
Humpback No 3/b. June 29-08/Kyuput B.C.
Length =13'5" - ♀ White crescent on chin
& throat, but only a little white in median
line of breast - white spot between fins-
no white on left carnes - top of head back side
belly black - dorsal fin and prominent
bump/ 13 cent long - dorsal 30 cts. high - both
colors white -
I had the whole mass of flesh cut
about the penis removed from this whale,
and cut away the surrounding fat and
flesh from the penis & pelvic bones, taking
care not to injure the attachments
of the latter - The internal view of the
penis bare (the surface lying toward the
back bone) shows two great ligaments (very
tough) which branch just near the
lower base of the organ. These branches
are 320 mil. in length, later 'posterior'
end stand 500 mil. apart, and the
ant - end, where they start to branch
from the penis are 70 mil. apart.
In the median line of this surface of the
penis, extending clear to the root & pelvis,
The two branches is a rounded ridge which
marks the course of the urinary canal.