WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



a light gray back and pure white underparts, while a 

 second, taken from the same herd, is dark slate above 

 and strongly shaded below; and, moreover, the skele- 

 tons often vary almost as greatly as the external 

 characters. 



Quite naturally when these extremes came under 



A near view as the gun is fired at a target. The harpoon rope 

 is visible through the smoke. 



the notice of a scientist who had, perhaps, seen but 

 three or four whales in his entire life, they were at 

 once judged to be representative of different species 

 and were given new names. This course cannot be 

 wholly condemned, for under existing conditions it 

 was almost the only one to be followed. Although 

 it did put on record many valuable facts concerning 



18 



