infuwi) Tin: would I'oit riii: .u/'na.t.i/ -jii 



llii'in was also sliippcil a klllcf ^kclclun wliich had lic;'ii taken in Korea ami 

 I)|-esente(| 1)\ llie wlialiiii'' coinijaiiy with the olliei- iiialeriak 



Tlie Museum was desirous of seeurinu- a kar^e >|>enii wliak-aiid with this 

 fiid in \ iew I Weill lo the station at Aikaw ahaina, tln-ee hnii(h-eil niik'- iiofth 

 of ^'okohallla. Ilei'e I feinained foi- inofe than thfee months uoinu' out 

 on the whahni;- ships and stiidyiui;- the diU'erenl specimens as tliey wefe 

 ln-oiliiht in. I'"onf s|)eeies of kari;'e wliak's wefe taken and thefe wcfe e\eep- 

 tional opportunities to olitain \ahialih' scientilie (kata, hut althouL;ii some 

 tweKc s])ei'm whah's had keen kilk^k none were oxer !7 feet in k'Hi^th. I 

 had ahnost (k's|)aii'ed when hnally ('a|)tain k't-eil Olseii of the whak'^hip 



Two ol' llic 27 cases ot whale skelciDiis lidiii .l;i|i;in. The larger erate has a space 

 nuasureineiit of 2() tons aiul coiitaiiis a sperm wh:.le wliicli yicldrd _'() hacrels of spermaceti 



Hekkusu Maru kroui^liT in a specimen (iO feet loiiu' and fortunately none 

 of tile hones had keen lirokeii ky the four harpoons used in tlie capture. 



Diirini;- the time spent at this station, a linl)ack wliak- 70 feet in k'liuth 

 and also ten i^orpoises of four diiVereiit species were secured, out' <>f which 

 is apparently new to science. After c()iisi(leral)le (liflicuitx tiie enormous 

 crates eontainiim the skulls and hones of the whales were transported to a 

 village some tweKc miles away, loaded onto a Nipi)on 'S'uscn Kaisha liner 

 and sent to Yokohama, thence heinj,^ shipped direct to .\ew 'S ork 1)\ the 

 steamship \\"elsli Prince. 



The courtesy shown to me as a representati\-e of the Amei'ieaii Museum 



