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were sent South to hunt these powerful rorquals or firmer 

 whales. The extent of this industry and the methods of 

 modern whaling are described in the first part of this volume. 

 In the second part, which is concerned principally with 

 bear-hunting in the Arctic regions, some description is also 

 given of the old style of harpooning narwhals from small 

 boats. 



The publication of this volume has been held over owing 

 to the war. Part of the text was printed off, and it contains 

 references to events, current at the time, which, without 

 this explanation, might puzzle the reader. The prices of 

 the products of the whaling industry are for the same reason 

 more up to date in the Appendix than in the text. 



