CHAPTER III 

 AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA 



AFTER leaving Vancouver Island I had gone 

 north to Murderer's Cove, Tyee, Alaska, and 

 was being most hospitably entertained on 

 board Captain Charles Grahame's ship, the Tyee. We 

 were hunting in the waters of Frederick Sound and 

 had been out two days. A big finback had given us 

 an exciting time of it in the afternoon and evening 

 of the second day and I had gone to bed tired out. 



Next morning at five o'clock I was awakened by 

 a hand on my shoulder and the voice of the Mate 

 saying : 



" We're in a bunch of humpbacks, sir. You'd bet- 

 ter get up if you want some pictures." 



As I had only removed my coat and shoes the night 

 before, in five minutes I was on deck with my camera 

 and plate holders. It was a gray day, heavy clouds 

 lining the sky and a strong wind blowing from the 

 westward. Already the little steamer was pitching 

 and rolling in a way which made me hate even the 

 thought of breakfast, but catching sight of the flukes 

 of a big humpback just disappearing below the sur- 

 face on the starboard side, I forgot for a moment that 

 there was such a thing as seasickness. I climbed to 

 the bridge beside the Mate who was at the wheel 



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