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Show WHALES ONCE HAD WHISKERS New York, Dec. 5 Whales with ' whiskers are not at all numerous In :ht part of the world. In fact it is more than likely that any of the old ' whalers along the North Atlantic ' coast would laugh nt tho suggestion that a whale with whiskers ever had k been fei n. i Several nets of whale whiskers form r part of a collection Just put on view at the American Museum of Natural History. They are part of the material mater-ial obtained by Prof. Roy C. Andrew-' ' of the museum staff on his recent thirty-eight thousand mile trip through unfrequented parts of the Pa-v Pa-v cllic ocean. The discovery of these patches of hair, which wero found growln; in , heavy tufts beneath the, Jaws of the ' huce animals. Is considered by Prof. Andrews tm proof that whales a long time ago were halr-cnatd, lived upon the land and propelled themsehen on ; Uml with tails and flippers, f |