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4) 1861 Oct 19 Sat Length fin external - 9 feet Width widest part fin 5 feet Thickness fin 4 feet from tip 9 inches " " [[dittos for: Thickness fin]] 7 feet from tip 7 " [[ditto for: inches]] fin tapers down to 1 1/2 in at tip Lip 1 foot thick - near extremity Thick part lip at its union at the head about 3 inches 1 side = [[image: drawing of whale's lip annotated each side A & B]] - Lip Black skin outside (A) 3/4 in thk " " [[dittos for: Black skin]] Inside B 1/8 " [[ditto for: thk]] [[image: drawing of fin annotated Right fin, tip[[ Longest slab Whale bone 12 feet 2 in Greatest width of same 13 in Greatest thickness blubber 13 inches Ordinary or general thickness Blubber - 10 to 12 ins. Color of blubber of this whale yellowish pink Thickness black skin 3/4 to 7/8 in [[image: drawing of whale section annotated A B C]] (A) Crown Bone (B)(B) = [[underlined]] "Whale [[/underlined]] -bone" (C) = place largely occupied by tongue Number laminae or slabs Whale bone, long & short, both sides, exceed 600? Length of jaw-bone 21 feet 6 ins Greatest width " " [[dittos for: jaw-bone]] 20 ins [[note]] Vide orig. Drawings in Note Book [[/note]] [[note]] Vol 1 Silver Plate silk & linen Book [[/note]] The "flukes" were cut off before towing the whale up as it caused resistance in the towing. Length of tail (prob.) 16 feet Breadth " " " [[dittos for: of tail (prob.) 22 " [[ditto for: feet]] Product of oil not including tongue = 140 Barrels Estimated of tongue - 12 " [[ditto for: Barrels]] Total = 152 " [[ditto for: Barrels]] [[end page]] [[start page]] + [[Sunday]] Oct. 20th 1861 AM 10° N.W. Very Light [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] M 13° Calm [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] P.M. 12° N W Light Fine This Morning, the ice in the harbor so firm as to bear me up! Soon as I went on deck long before sun was up, I drew forth an oar from one of the Boats on the Cranes, reached down to the ice & commenced [[underlined]] punching. [[/underlined]] I found it solid. Then I made my way down over the ship's starboard side [[underlined]] onto the ice! [[/underlined]] It was nearly calm through the night, the sky cloudless. The Pack out-side the Bay & the new ice now nearly covering the Bay have us imprisoned! [[underlined]] For 9 [[strikethrough]] 10 [[/strikethrough]] months to come we are ice-bound! [[/underlined]] Some of the men still think we shall yet get out, but I do not think Capt. B. has the remotest idea now that we can. If there were clear waters [[strikethrough]] to the entrance [[/strikethrough]] from here to outside of this Bay, it would be imperilling the lives of all aboard & the safty of the ship & cargo to undertake to drive through the pack now drifting down Davis Strait. Keeney said
