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"He was running fast but seldom stayed down long, his high sickle- 

 shaped dorsal fin cutting the surface first in one direction, 

 then in another" 108 



"Always the center of a screaming flock of birds which sometimes 

 swept downward in a cloud, dipping into the waves and 

 rising again, the water flashing in myriads of crystal drops 

 from their brown wings" . . . . . . .109 



A sei whale showing a portion of the soft fatty tongue . . .no 



"In the mirror of my camera I could see the enormous gray head 

 burst from the water, the blowholes open and send forth a 

 cloud of vapor, and the slim back draw itself upward, the 

 water streaming from the high fin as it cut the surface" . 112 



"Then turning about with his entire head projecting from the 

 water like the bow of a submarine, he swam parallel with 

 the ship" . . . . . . . . . .nS 



"I was . . . gazing down into the blue water and waiting to catch 

 a glimpse of the body as it rose, when suddenly a dark shape 

 glided swiftly under the ship's bow" . . . . .116 



"Two boat hooks were jabbed into the shark's gills and it was 



hauled along the ship's side until it could be pulled on deck" 118 



Making the sei whale fast to the bow of the ship . . .119 



A sei whale swimming directly away from the ship . . .120 



"For many years the sei whale was supposed to be the young of 

 either the blue or the finback whale, and it was not until 1828 

 that it was recognized by science as being a distinct species" 122 



A sei whale fast to the ship . . . . . . .123 



A blue whale, eighty-five feet long, at Kyuquot, Vancouver Island 125 



"In the water the sei whale may be easily recognized at a con- 

 siderable distance by the form of the spout and the high 

 dorsal fin which is prominently displayed as the animal swims 

 at the surface" 126 



"The sei whale has a roving disposition and wanders restlessly 

 from one coast to another, sometimes . . . suddenly appearing 

 in waters where it has never before been known" . . .127 



"Suddenly a cloud of white vapor shot into our very faces and 



a great dripping body rounded out under the ship's bow" . 129 



"For ten minutes the silence continued, then the Captain said in 



a quiet voice: There he is, far away on the beam!'" . . 131 



"I ran on deck just as the great brute rounded up right beside 



the bow and the gun flashed out in the darkness" . . 134 



"The rope attached to the first harpoon floated backward in dan- 

 gerous proximity to the propeller and it required some care- 

 ful work to get the animal fast to the bow and the line safely 



out of the way" 137 



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