CHAPTER XVI 



WHALING 



By SIR H. W. GORE-BOOTH, BART. 



GREENLAND WHALE BAIwENA MYSTICETUS 



' A FA A A ALL ! ' A fa a a all ! ' No man with the 



true British instinct of sport running in his veins will ever 



1 A ' fall ' three derivations 

 are given to this word : ist. Dutch 

 word ' val,' signifying man the 

 boats ; 2nd. Dutch word 'wall' 

 pronounced ' val ' a whale ; 3rd. 

 English word 'falls,' viz. stand by 

 the ' falls ' or tackles by which the 

 boats are lowered. 



