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Courtesy of D. Appleton and Company 

 To capture a whale with either gun or camera requires a quick eye and a steady hand. This photo- 

 graph, in which appear the back of the whale on the surface of the water, the harpoon and line and the 

 black smoke from the discharge of the gun, shows that the click of the camera and the crash of the gun 

 were almost simultaneous 



Couvti'sy 0} D. Sppiftiin and Company 

 As the huge gray form rises from the water with clouds of vapor spouting from the open blowholes, 

 the excitement is intense. The gunner, standing by the photographer with his harpoon gun ready, cries, 

 "I shoot, I shoot!"' His words are drowned in the roar, as camera and gun act in unison 



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