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A modern shore whaling station at Kyuquot, Vancouver Island, 



B. C 9 



The Orion with three humpback whales at Sechart, Vancouver 



Island . .......... 10 



The harpoon gun on the Rex Mam . . . . . -13 



The harpoon is tipped with a hollow point called the "bomb," 



which is filled with powder and ignited by a time fuse . 15 

 The harpoon after it has been fired into the body of a whale . 15 

 A trial shot with the harpoon-gun . . . . . . .16 



A near view as the gun is fired at a target . . . . .18 



Captain Balcom at the gun on the Orion . . . . . 23 



Loading the harpoon-gun ........ 26 



Model of a humpback whale in the Ameiican Museum of Natural 



History .28 



"The man in the barrel called down, 'Whales on the port bow'!" 29 

 "Two men with long-handled knives began to cut off the lobes 



of the tail" .......... 32 



"A hollow, spear-pointed tube of steel . . . was jabbed well down 



into the whale's abdomen, the engines started, and the animal 



slowly filled with air" ....... 34 



Flensing a whale at one of the Vancouver Island stations . . 36 

 A humpback whale "sounding" ....... 39 



A humpback whale with a very white breast 40 



"The tail of the humpback as the animal 'sounds' looks like a 



great butterfly which has alighted upon the water" ... -43 

 "The flukes of a big humpback just disappearing below the surface 



on the starboard side" ....... 47 



"The captain swung the vessel's nose into just the right position 



and they appeared close beside the starboard bow" . . 49 

 "Scrambling up, I ... snapped the camera at the huge body partly 



hidden by the boat" . . . . . . . .51 



Bringing in a humpback at the end of the day's hunt ... 53 

 "Suddenly, not more than two hundred fathoms in front of the 



ship, four humpbacks spouted and began to feed" ... 58 

 Two humpback whales swimming close together at the surface . 61 

 A humpback whale "lobtailing" ....... 65 



The tongue ot a humpback whale, which has been forced out of 



