A JAPANESE WHALE HUNT 



ing slowly off on the wind was strikingly different 

 from the puff-like blow of the sperm. 



We were running at full speed toward the ani- 

 mal, \vhich was spouting every ten or fifteen sec- 

 onds. Andersen was forward superintending the 



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"He . . . would sometimes swim just under the surface with 

 only the tip of the dorsal fin exposed." 



loading of the gun and inspecting the harpoon rope 

 which lay coiled on the heavy iron pan at the bow. 



"He's a good whale," the Gunner called out to me. 

 and by that he meant that we would soon get a shot 

 because the animal was spouting so frequently. He 

 was never down longer than five minutes, and would 

 sometimes swim just under the surface with only the 

 tip of the dorsal fin exposed. At other times his 

 course could be followed by patches of smooth, green 



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