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little way behind the anus, it becomes last near the flukes - it ends like this, (see min)
a cross section is like this:
polar folds
There are 7 well marked creases on the throat - between the rami of the man- proximally. These creases are of varying depth & sizes lengths, some being much more marked than others; they all run fore & aft;
they cover an area 1/35" long. Only four of them measure are 3 cent. deep - Rest all shallower - Humph. The hump is an evenly rounded eminence 2 in high; it looks like this:
Blowhole Measures (straight) 36
" . (curved) 37
The blowhole is curved like this, C it is on the left side of the tip of snout; its center is 8 6 above the center of the longitudinal depression marking the case. At the site of the blowhole rises the low rounded eminence marking the extreme summit of the snout.
Plubber @n side of head plubber is very thin - only 2 thick - between the pectorals it's 22 thick - on sides of the pectorals it is 14 thick. Plubber is very hard & tough - It was hard to flense the whole -