Report of a Journey Around the World. 



133 



to lack of space it could only be mounted last year ( 1907), after 

 the new building had been opened. The skeleton measures 42 feet. 

 So it is apparently not that of a full-grown specimen, as this species 

 is stated to attain a length of 80 to 50 feet, i. c, the size of the 

 Balcenoptera sibbaldi of northern seas, the largest of all known 



109. 



UK. K. HANITSCH, I'H.li. 



animals, living or extinct. Fin whales are not much hunted, as 

 they yield only a little blubber and their whalebone is of an in- 

 ferior quality." 



I)r. Hanitsch. the Director, was very obliging and helped us to 

 see many of the treasures in his charge. 



As :it Colombo, here the rickshaws are manned by Chinese, 



whose muscular development is very satisfactory . as it is strongly 

 in evidence, quite unconcealed l>v superfluous clothing, directly 



|2S,"| 



