N.B. All these whales have been 'cut in' while lying in the water at the end of the wharf and never pulled out upon a ship. Consequently the total length measurements had had to be from the sections as I could get at them, and are usually for a straight line. In many instances there was considerable doubt as to the accuracy of the measurements, in such cases I have questioned it; there may be inaccuracy in some of these not questioned but I think they are fairly correct. The