The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-29
SIX WHALES FOR THE MUSEUM
ROY &. i>DREBS RiTk FROM
4 Nart RAJ HISTDRi TRIP.
Got = Skeleton NJ a sp~rrn " hale 81 Feet
Long Also One of the >arSiiru Va
riety New tn Science 0n- Whale ap-
tureti tharSrd Full rlit AZ the ship.


rirty New tn science 0a- whale Tap
turesi tharsrd Full Tiit AZ the ship.
After an absence cf six months spent
among the shor. whaling stations of ia"
Tar Past Roy I Andrews OF the -'Lh ~
the American Mti-..uiu Of Natural History
has Just returned from n =. nd0 mil" tTip
OF exploration through the South SCI
Islands and Japan lie lrft New York
III August. 1000. and through the Cnrr'eST
OF the bureau uf fisheries AZ Washington.
ID. e.. wa, assigned - the lri'ed states
ship AibatrO-~ to do collecting Among thu
islands visited hy this steamer. ON
board this ship Mr.. Andrews visited he
Philippines. Borreo. Ce.b.'- IN" NulGcra
Islands. Loo tho". f"rmosa and japan.
! His principal trophy IL Il" eighty i"ut
skeleton al "a sperm whale.
The skull alone u this unusual specimen
occupies a spaC" rlti.Il"n' ," twenty
six tons. and the entire held e III"
3 monster fish contained -~en;Y barrels
of spernac-ri. 1t Is one &c IL" largest
specimens ever captured for TN" museum.
I That u was secured j. IN" In large
measure 10 III" skill Of capt Fred Olsen
Of the Oriental Whaling COMPANY. .To
mad. special efforts ~ -tu"t III" largest
sperm wha," Of lac sea-nu trc III" tnu-eu:n
B Altogether MIR. AnIr"w, secured tor
tn. mus"riin c"llrc;ir'. nix arE- ~ast'es
and ten porpplses. n'Irner"'., lag Grant
specimens and several h'luIr".I : h"'r-
graphs "i live whales and ,,"n"i Ia "a"
whaling ln',istrv The Skeletons secured
nv MIR Andrews inclId" "a -.lyhl!- bottom
whai. ~ feet long. with Jaws measuring
fIllv ~ feat in length. a specimen II
fin back "hal" about "a feet long. Sci
whnlr skeleton 10 feet !nng and two T. Her
whales measuring y au! - i""' r"sp"c-
! ively Among IL" rorpois'> captured
,ner" IL one new 20 sCI"nC" In 'fe ""ii"c-
ton ami also tnrce other specimens "uicE
havc heretofore nu!? teen known hv
fragments
? All Of th~S. sro.imens ar" gifts - tn"
museum from the D-cutai Whaling 'pin-
pany { ONaNa. JRIap. In February u
this year Mr. Audr"x> concluded ..i- work
ola the steamer Alia;ru-- aud IN addition
- the whale II eCi'ne',- b" secured - larg"
collection Il mammals and u.r'!s AID rare
chronological material
In -ueakInc "i his 'riu - IN" Orient Mr..
! Andrews saIi that one - the most i'm
pnrtant -y"CIm"n- acquired Nv him for
the museum was ~. - foot sardn" y hale.
/ NJ Sci "a n - known ~ Japan Although
/ known 80 th. Japaue-" Tor tn" last zen
years thls l. the first -T-cirn"n recorded
bv science and ono highly iTiI-d by the
museum
We had one very sI ~itlHg experience in
cartuTIug n -art!ir. whale. sad Mr.
Andrews when asked AAu'I' h adveu-
lures ~ ~" waters = iHrLn "" had
fired a harurOn A. IN. whale. which ~a-
SUPPOSED - Ia. wounded IL" "atne vi.
D. however. about "a hundred fatAOtD- from
oar ship. "a iu> ron -a!.Ing raft and 'h"n
became ?" ""tro our ~" a. fsa rate II
Ierhar- 'peutv Eve Aur'S an hour He
charged rrz hf for us and struck N" side
oi ~" -h,r a slanciUg hI"" d"nrinG IN N"
pilates and grt lis hose mixed vp ~ the
! prorell-r Then fort inateiT for a. he
began TO disappear h"r"a'h fhs waves
He Vas forty ton vhaI" and Won can
Z imagine that h. shook ~ up some when he
3 hit our va--.l. which was in comm and u
B Capt !. E Andsrsou a : Norwegian SAILOR.
! III. metkud- ~ ~" Iayan"." ~ their
. disposal - ~" whales h"dT' i rat" dli-
fer.snt ban those pro, i-"d m ~. country
In Japan. said MI Address m
stead II MAKING tn" huhH"r m" oil.
no whale - eaten II il not considered 4
delicaCv bv tho laHan"s". hut "a staple
I arr !Cl" ~ dict and - Wld"lT dis rihu'"d
Through all ~" larg" cities and marketed
J The prIc" varies hU' Ch0IS" huwTharA
whal" which i C"n~,d"-"! tn" h"s'
quality sells IN winter ~ high as ~ cents
a pount T. has garnv favnr and J.
/ not unlike door meat All o""r Japan
Il taks.- n" par" NJ Tn"a' and can b.
found ~ the prrnrIpa! stations " tho
Oriental Whaling frrrpanv, HlCn sends
ont N Us for IN" rap'ur" ~ " males under
. Government supervision Their" are
thirty of heS" Government whaling
. sh'ps which - N" number limited - 'h.
| Cos arnm"n' n Japan
japan - the Grrat"S' sperm whaling
ground IN N. world The sperm whll"
- prolific there and foods an 'h- CI''l
Ssh and rh" d"viif-h snWr' mes known
. as he giant slIId sonnet m"~ "" found
tho scar. mad" bv these t,sh on 'hr sides
Of he whales
/ A. T.ua'. VI andrews purchased
and whrIa On his 'rur IN n. bu-ch Indies
almost avery officer Of th.' shin captured
rarror when h- arrived at tho t""h.s
Governor -tr-n.rai Ouar'"S presented IN"
eNplnrer.w ,ih a fine ~ hnoloElcal COLLECTION
for tho American museum including
many specimens ~ blSE"'rv and clothing
relating to tn" iiGe ~ the ma Iy"a Ut fh'.
I islands
Gov Quarlez al=o rlarnsd crocodile
hunt for Nr Andrews which ur"T"l n
r.r.-sring -uor- ON 'hi- hunt Mr. Andrews
shot a crocodile and has secured h" sk'n
a. trophy for IN" rnuSsIm Wnii" IN
h. Dt'ch Fast Indies NJ Andrews took
a series 81 moving pI"'ur"' II TIA" head
huu'"rs who had joined an expedition
sanr o,i' hv he BRITISH Museum
/ In" skeletons ~ h" vhai'-, -s'CtIr"rl hy
Mr. Andrews hav" h"au bowed and rated
IN Iauan and nr" rrw un th"Ir w1v - +
thIH "pUntrv