Natural history . THE AMAGANSETT RIGHT WHALE The upper jaw, showing whalebone in place. THE WAINSCOTT WHALE Right nipper, edgewise view55 56 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL Installation were sent by the first train with instructions to get thespecimens. Their experiences are best told in their own words. We reached the whales Saturday evening, and after bargainingfor both skeletons and the whalebone of the larger specimen we stoppedthe work of stripping off the blubber, until we could make our measure-ments and get full data for the construction of life-size models. Thebig cow measured 53 feet fro
Natural history . THE AMAGANSETT RIGHT WHALE The upper jaw, showing whalebone in place. THE WAINSCOTT WHALE Right nipper, edgewise view55 56 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL Installation were sent by the first train with instructions to get thespecimens. Their experiences are best told in their own words. We reached the whales Saturday evening, and after bargainingfor both skeletons and the whalebone of the larger specimen we stoppedthe work of stripping off the blubber, until we could make our measure-ments and get full data for the construction of life-size models. Thebig cow measured 53 feet from tip of nose to notch of tail, which isequal to the maximum size for this species as noted by F. S. True inhis book on The Right Whales of the Western North Atlantic. Thewhalebone of this individual is fully seven feet long, also a record size,and is unusually perfect. The calf measured about 40 feet in lengthand had whalebone three feet long in the longest pait. The following day the whalers finished removing the blubber,and then we set to work cutting out the skeleton. This was a
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