The Whalebone Whales of the Western North Atlantic Compared With Those Occurring
The Whalebone Whales of the Western North Atlantic Compared With Those Occurring
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, No. 1, March 6, 1665, pp. 11 and 13; No. 8, Jan. 8, 166f, pp. 132-133), in an account of the whale fishery at the Bermudas. He states as follows : " Two old females and three cubs were taken at first and afterwards 16 other individuals. One old female was 88 ft. Long, the flukes 23 ft. Broad, the flipper 26 ft. Long, the baleen 3 ft. Long. The other female was about 60 ft. Long, and of the cubs one was 33 ft. Long, and the remaining two 25 or 26 ft. " The great length of the flipper proves th...at the 88-ft. Specimen was really a Humpback, and the proportion to the total length is nearly the same as in smaller European and American specimens.
In Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer, pub- lished in 1782, it is stated that the "Humpbacks on the coast of Newfoundland [are] from 40 to 70 feet in length. " This general statement may, of course, be set aside as merely an opinion, or impression, but the measurements given in the case of the Bermuda Humpback cannot be so treated.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, No. 1, March 6, 1665, pp. 11 and 13; No. 8, Jan. 8, 166f, pp. 132-133), in an account of the whale fishery at the Bermudas. He states as follows : " Two old females and three cubs were taken at first and afterwards 16 other individuals. One old female was 88 ft. Long, the flukes 23 ft. Broad, the flipper 26 ft. Long, the baleen 3 ft. Long. The other female was about 60 ft. Long, and of the cubs one was 33 ft. Long, and the remaining two 25 or 26 ft. " The great length of the flipper proves th...at the 88-ft. Specimen was really a Humpback, and the proportion to the total length is nearly the same as in smaller European and American specimens.
In Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer, pub- lished in 1782, it is stated that the "Humpbacks on the coast of Newfoundland [are] from 40 to 70 feet in length. " This general statement may, of course, be set aside as merely an opinion, or impression, but the measurements given in the case of the Bermuda Humpback cannot be so treated.
What to read after The Whalebone Whales of the Western North Atlantic Compared With Those Occurring?
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