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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