Translation 2783

...,. 355
C-7
The iLhorovina (hiè-e 1•rith attached blubber) i s reptoved while ti e
and the carcass is
carcass i s susnend.ed (a slinzi is put round the tail ar:
hoisted on a loading derric>> ) . '-;Iz•ro
cut Lers se;?a.rate ti.e khox•ovina from
the flesh with tnei-r hands and knives. As t,ne l:ho rovina, is beinb taken
off the whale is lifte« hi!-,'her by the derrick, and the i^iiorovina is
easily separated from the carcass by its own weight.
After being skinned the carcass is lowered, and the abdominal
cavity is slit oy)en,
The viscera are removed, the liver being se;aarated.
The carcass is then carefully washed and cut into pieces.
We give below the weights of parts of a white whale carcass, as
percentages of the total weight,
^ L3acrb v)• ^^^
^ ^oj,o;uua . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,0
3 B TG`t IaiCae
^'^
i+ t^^i:}'pa, c Spot:e" . . . . . . .
) C .O . . . . . . . . . . . . ^^,U
ii .^Isico . . . . . . . . . . . .
j] c^Ttt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0
g 13,:_.ipen^io it . . . . . . . . . . 11,^
3 Û Tp.'d 11.C.70
ncuut, . . . . . . . . . . . 2,5
^a Por,t . . . . . . . . . . . . . n,0
r r.arteet:ocT;t . . . . . . . . . 2,5
^
Key: 1) Part of the body. 2) ?Lhorovi,,s ^ 3l i.ncludin0:
with ' ar_mour coating. 5 j lsl uû;uer. 5) - ï'le;ah. 7) so_nes.
4)
,•
8`) Viscera. 9) Liver. 10; 31ood. 11^ 1lippezs.
CxAP T LR 3
PBOCESSIï:G OF PEODUC`l'S OF PIi1hIPr,lDIA AND CETACEA
PROCESSING OF P IK'^IPBDE KEILOï)UC2'S
The sealing industry .aroduces leather- and fur-hides, oi1, meat,
and raw materi a.l from t,=iii ch vitamins and glue are obtained. Local res•-
idents in coastal seal-hunting distric-i;s use se,-,1 leatizer ^the hides of
adult sea.ls; to make footwear, to stretch over the frame,