LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Lancing a Whale .... Frontispiece 



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Piping in the Arctic . . . . .24 



Modern Whale Gun and Harpoon . . . .24 



Stern View of the St Ebba ..... 40 



The St Ebba in the Fiord of the Vikings ... 40 

 Dead Seal on the Floe Edge . . . .48 



Mouth of a Finner Whale ..... 72 



Leaving our Two Whales at the Station . . .76 



A Finner Whale being cut up . . . . 76 



Towing a Whale ...... 80 



Two Whales being hauled on a Slip . . .88 



Flensing Blubber off a Polar Bear's Skin . . .102 



Whale Under Side up ..... 102 



The St Ebba Motor Whaler in Oban . . .112 



The Arcades at Ponta Delgada . . . .136 



Tunny on the Beach at Madeira . . . .136 



Killers attacking a Finner Whale . . . .152 



Cutting up a Cachalot Whale . . . .156 



Sperm Whale sounding . . . . .156 



Trying to get rid of the Lasso .... 157 



Cutting up Sperm Blubber ..... 158 



Hauling Sperm Whale's Flipper and Blubber on Board . 160 

 A Sleeping Bear and Cubs . . . . .168 



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