[Journals], 1908-1912
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convexity to hump. From hump tail- ward to a short distance from flukes misstrain the body outline is a straight lateral plant broken slightly by four low corrugations - there is just one indication of a second hump -- and then the plant to the flukes is rapid. On the sides the flubber is 2 1/2 inches thick The bones were almost all fully ossified altho soft bone. The long axis of the scapula as it stands in position is vertical - the glenoid fossa is tipped forward at a slight angle - the acromion is quite deeply embedded. The center of the glenoid fossa of the scapula is exactly above the anterior edge of the sternum as they stand in position. Only the posterior half of the scapula lies on the ribs - the anterior half covers the space between the first rib and the base of the skull which in life is occupied by the [illegible] cartilage. The first rib articulates directly to the sternum; the next two -- have long sternal ribs which articulate to the sternum. The costal cartidges on the fourth and' fifth ribs are closely joined to the fourth articulates to the sternum but the