THE HARPOON GUN 



The liarpoon weighs 110 pounds. Powder in the hollow point is ignited by a time fuse. Forty 

 fathoms of rope give slack to be carried with the harpoon in its flight. If the iron is well placed the 

 whale is killed almost instantly 



A KILLER WHALE SECURED FOR THE MUSEUM 



Killer whales wage a continual warfare upon tiio gray whales. Thoy were seen to force open the 

 mouths of the living gray whales and cat the tongue, sometimes killing and completely devouring 

 their prjy 



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