THE PLAYFUL HUMPBACK 



iron. I have seen humpbacks, which were being 

 drawn in for the second shot, squirm and give way 

 each time the rope was pulled taut. I do not pretend 

 to deny, however, the widespread and probably well- 

 founded belief in the danger of coming to close quar- 



Pulling the barnacles off a humpback whale. This species is in- 

 fested with parasites, which fasten in clusters to the throat, 

 head, fins and flukes. 



ters with this whale and will again quote Millais in 

 regard to this : 



Humpbacks sometimes give trouble when struck too high 

 in the body or only slightly wounded, and several serious 

 accidents have occurred both to steamers and to the men in 

 the small "prams" when trying to lance the wounded whale. 



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