SOME HABITS OF THE GRAY WHALE 



from the disease, for it was very thin and the blubber 

 was dry. 



A second specimen had a large swelling on the ven- 

 tral ridge of the peduncle, which, upon being opened, 

 proved to be a large capsular tumor about one foot in 



After the death stroke. The lance has penetrated the lungs and 

 the whale is spouting blood. 



depth and of a like diameter. The skin upon the 

 snout of a third individual was drawn into small 

 circular patches, leaving large sections of the blubber 

 exposed. 



The entire body of the devilfish is thickly infested 

 with "whale lice" and barnacles. The former resem- 

 bles a diminutive crab and by means of the sharp claws 



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