AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA 



Again he thrust his head into the air and, whirling 

 about, I caught him with the camera just before he 

 sank back out of sight. 



For over an hour the game of tag continued, but 

 once, when the whales had been down an unusually 

 long time, the Captain swung the vessel's nose into 



"The captain swung the vessel's nose into just the right position 

 and they appeared close beside the starboard bow." 



just the right position and they appeared close be- 

 side the starboard bow. The roar of the gun almost 

 deafened me and instinctively I pressed the button of 

 the camera, but a wave had thrown the steamer into 

 the air at just the wrong time and the harpoon struck 

 the surface several feet below the whale. Both ani- 



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