MY FIRST WHALE HUNT 



instant, the dark bodies slowly rounded into view 

 and three huge, propeller-like tails were smoothly lifted 

 out of the water, elevated vertically to the surface, 

 and again drawn below. It is impossible to describe 



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



the ease and beauty of the dive. To look at the heavy 

 body and long, ungainly flippers of a humpback one 

 would hardly suspect that there could be grace in 

 any movement, and yet the enormous animals slide 

 under the surface as smoothly as a water bird. 

 When the flukes came out, the Captain rang for 

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