REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [14] | 
SHIPPING DIRECTIONS. | 
Address.—Fresh specimens should be in all cases shipped by ex- E 
press,* addressed to Prof. S. F. BArRD, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, — 
WASHINGION, D. C., and marked “ perishable.” 4 
What to do when persons are sent from Washington.—If a response — 
is received stating that persons will be sent to care for the specimen — 
nothing is necessary to be done but to keep it as far as possible buried ~ 
in wet sand. 
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF CAPTAINS OF WHALING. — 
VESSELS AND OTHER OBSERVERS AND COLLECTORS. 
Records.—Observers at sea having neither time nor opportunity to F 
preserve specimens might with good result record (in a book kept for — 
the purpose) some of the characters and measurements included in the 
scheme on pp. 11, 12. a 
Points of interest—Among the points of interest not referred toon 
these pages are (a) the shape, color of the body, head, fins, and flukes, — 
and the color of inside of the mouth; (b) the size and shape of the — 
teeth, or the length, breadth, fineness, and color of the whalebone; — 
(c) the size and color of the eye; (d) the size and shape of the blow- — 
hole or blow-holes. Such observations should always be accompanied — 
by a record of the sex of the specimen and the date upon which and | 
the locality in which observed. 
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Fic. 3.—Ideal figure of a porpoise showing by cross-lines at what points the bones of the skeleton — 
may be most conveniently separated. : 
The skeleton—If specimens can be preserved, the entire skeleton is, 
of course, the most to be desired, provided that a record is kept of the 4 
external appearance of the animals. It is taken for granted that skele- 4 
tons of very large whales cannot be preserved except under extraor- 
*If too large to be boxed they should be sewed up in canvas, and thus protected — 
on the journey. , ais ia 
