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near the tail fin, where it drops suddenly to the base 

 of the fin. The abdominal outline is flat from tip of 

 under jaw to the pectorals, thence slightly bulging for the 

 length of the pectorals, thence ascending to the tail fin. 

 Body rounded ; sides of head and tail compressed. Jaws 

 nearly straight. The teeth in front of jaws had been 

 dropped, leaving but ten teeth on one side of upper jaw 

 and nine on the other, while the under jaw had ten on 

 one side and eight on the other. The teeth small and 

 bluntly pointed. Upper jaw fourteen inches in length ; 

 under thirteen inches. Pectoral fins long, narrow and 

 pointed. Blow hole in centre of top of the head, directly 

 over the eye ; width of the opening three and three- 

 fourths inches. 



Eye three and one-half inches distant from angle of 

 mouth, small, one and one-quarter inches long and one- 

 half an inch in transverse diameter. Height of head 

 from tip of upper jaw to top of forehead, one foot. Dis- 

 tance from forehead to blow hole, one foot, seven inches ; 

 from blow hole to base of dorsal fin, two feet, nine and 

 one-half inches ; length of dorsal fin, three feet, one inch ; 

 distance from anterior base of dorsal to its point, meas- 

 ured along the curve of the edge of the fin, two feet, 

 eleven inches ; distance between the same points measured 

 across the fin, two feet, eight inches ; from the point of 

 the fin to its posterior base, measured along its back edge, 

 one foot, four inches, and on a vertical line, one foot. 

 Distance from anterior base of dorsal to base of tail fin, 

 nine feet ; to tip of flukes, eight inches more. Expanse of 

 flukes, three feet, four inches. Distance from tip of 

 under jaw to anterior base of pectoral fin, two feet, two 

 inches ; width of pectoral at base, eleven inches ; at about 

 its anterior third, eleven inches; length of pectoral, four 

 feet. Distance from tip of under jaw to base of penis, 



