[Journals], 1908-1912
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20 Tongue has tip bitten off - teeth marks show it must have been done by Kiekers. 10 low circulations excepting bump on the right side, ventral half of caudum the flesh has rotted away in many places but where is it found; the flesh hangs in a soft, green, and swelling mass. W1 1050 9-125 22-156 2 200 12-360 24-85. 8 320 16-106 25-52 6 850 20-126 26-50,4. 7 425? 21-224 31-180 No. 11 Gray Whale & Jan. 10/12 Musan, Korea a light whale. The sides of peduncle so thickly washed, circled, & marked with gray-white that there is much more light than dark color. Dorsal & vertical ridges of peduncle plain black - Sides of body thin like peduncle - Almost worked on lips or throat, or rostrum. Flukes Under side black rather thickly circled and spotted with white erisped scars. Upper side is washed with gray-white in whole posterior half of each lobe. Fin Very few white circles on fin. Femurs 2-femur 18.3 long - 8 circulations including