CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IV 



THE "VOICE" OF WHALES AND SOME INTERESTING 

 HABITS 



PAGE 



The voice How long whales can remain under water- 

 Where whales sleep The ''double-finned" whale . 54 



CHAPTER V 



THE PLAYFUL HUMPBACK 



The whalebone, or baleen What whales eat and how 

 Affection for young The fighting qualities of 

 humpbacks Breeding habits Nursing the baby 

 whale with milk A story of whale milking ... 63 



CHAPTER VI 



JAPANESE SHORE STATIONS 



Studying whales in Japan Japanese shore stations and 

 their method of cutting in Cutting in at night 

 Whale meat as a food 77 



CHAPTER VII 



A JAPANESE WHALE HUNT 



Hunting sei whales off the coast of North Japan The 



whale runs Moving pictures The second whale . 91 



CHAPTER VIII 

 CHARGED BY A WILD SEI WHALE 



The first sight The shot The charge The death flurry 



Sharks 107 



