Guide général pour les salles d'exposition de l'American Museum of Natural History . lat paws et faire powcrfumuscles swimmerThe l'animal une solide couche de long, presque laineux et athick la couche de graisse le protéger de l'intensecold. Le grand mâle dans le groupe wasbrought pavé de port, Groenland, idthe printemps de 1902 par le commandant RobenE. Pearv. Mammifères océaniques (Index Plan, p. 16, premier étage, Hall 10) menant de la salle des poissons est l'océan Hallof la vie. Dans cette salle sont displavecwhales, marsouins, les mammifères marins, l'grcacoral jroup reef <et les coquillages. Bien que mucliof l'espace

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General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . lat paws and powcrfumuscles make the animal a strong swimmerThe coat of long, almost woolly hair and athick layer of fat protect it from the intensecold. The large male in the group wasbrought from Paver Harbor, Greenland, idthe spring of 1902 by Commander RobenE. Pearv. OCEANIC MAMMALS (Index Plan, p. 16, First Floor, Hall 10) Leading from the Hall of Fishes is the Hallof Ocean Life. In this hall are displavecwhales, porpoises, marine mammals, the grcacoral reef <jroup, and shells. Although mucliof the space is now occupied by permanentexhibits, the final plans have not yet beerfully consummated, and additions to the ex-hibits in the hall will be made from time t(time. Immediately upon entering, the visitor wilnote the large skeletons and models of whaleand porpoises suspended from the ceilingJust in front of the entrance to the hall is th6j-. HARPOONING THE SPERM WHALE DURING THE DAYS OF SAILING SHIPS. One of a series of murals in the Hall of Ocean Life depicting whaling in olden times when sail-riggedvessels were used and the whales were killed with a harpoon thrown bv hand lowing a fur seal or small porpoise at a gulp.Near the Killer and facing it hangs the modelof a Black fish, like the Killer a species of giantporpoise but of a much milder disposition.Skeletons of these animals are hanging be-neath the models. Above the balcony in frontof the entrance is suspended a lifelike modelof a Giant Squid, a great marine invertebrateupon which the Sperm Whale preys. Thelarge skeleton to the right is that of a SpermWhale, the largest of the living toothedwhales, formerly much sought by whalersas the source of spermaceti. Beyond theSperm Whale, on the same side, hangs akeleton of the Finback Whale. Just above these two large skeletons arefound skeletons of several species of toothedwhales, including several rare types, and theNar

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