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[[strikethrough]] Nun[[/strikethrough]] July 19, 9am Arrived at Whaling Station on inner Akutan Harbor Bay near its head on S. Side. The manager in charge is Edward Seaplen Akutan - in charge Akutan [[strikethrough]] Al. Victoria [[/strikethrough]] Station ------------ He gave me the following information on this year's catch to date. A yg Sperm whale 55 ft long was being cut up on the dock when we arrived + a second one 59 ft long was hauled up & was being cut up when we left. Whales taken at Akutan 27 Blue Whale (Sulphur Bottom) 95 Finback } most numerous 36 Humpback} most numerous [[strikethrough]] Sei [[/strikethrough]] Sei (a small [[strikethrough]] kind [[/strikethrough]] type fin back) 12 Sperm Calif. gray (rare) Numbers in list are those taken season 1920 from May 4 to July 19 Scaplin says that the sperm is least valued now as its oil is too cheap. They commonly find squid or their beaks in stomachs & intestines of sperm and on one occasion fragments of a large shark. Glaucous wg gulls some 75 or 100 were about & a few ravens