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the white extending slightly above the constriction of the 
beak. The under jaw and throat milk-white, which colour 
extended along the belly, but became less clear as it 
approached the vent. Its dimensions were as follows :— 
Feet. Inches. 
Total length from snout to cleft of tail... 9 0 
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Length of under jaw beyond the UpDpr: 0 0+ 
ength irom snout tO 6ye ........2.s.6026.. 1 1d 
Length from snout to blow-hole ......... 1 3 
To commencement of dorsal fluke ...... a dll 
dingemdtot dorsal Muke 5. .cusss.e2 Jeseces scene 5 6 
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Hope aC OMEL ADI Sjor.-f0 Sls ans nilclsiSelo sa sowisnainneee 2 5 
Deflection of cleft of tail from a line 
drawn between its tips ..... ........066. 0 65 
Girth in front of pectoral fin............... 3 duit 
Girth in front of dorsal fluke............... 5 0 
Girth behind dorsal fluke ...........:.....- 4 3 
The body became much attenuated towards the tail. 
Immediately in front of the dorsal fluke, the vertical and 
transverse diameters were nearly the same, the former 
being thirty-one and a half inches, and the latter thirty 
and a half inches. Half way between the end of the fluke 
and the commencement of the tail the vertical diameter is 
thirteen inches, and the transverse six and three-quarters ; 
and immediately before the commencement of it, the 
vertical diameter was four and a half inches, and the 
transverse two and a quarter, or exactly one half. The 
dorsal fluke measured twenty-four inches along its con- 
vexity, and was eleven inches high. The pectoral fin at 
its Junction with the trunk was seven inches across, and 
its greatest length (diagonal) nineteen inches; measured 
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