WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



Although in various parts of the world I have met 

 two or three gunners who were not Norwegians, there 

 are not many such. From their Viking ancestors the 

 Scandinavians have inherited their love for the sea 

 and, since Svend Foyn's time, T^nsberg has sent forth 



r wmaamm. 



A trial shot with the harpoon-gun. The harpoon line is shown, 

 and three men may be seen in the barrel at the mast head. 



her sons to the whaleships much as did New Bedford 

 half a century ago. Thus the present generation has 

 grown up as the industry developed, and from boys 

 to men they have seen it in all its phases and learned 

 not only how to shoot a whale but how to handle it 

 afterward, which is fully as important. 



Even as the harpoon-gun brought with it a new 



16 



