A JAPANESE-WHAI^E : -HUJ)I'i::: .. 



more turns of the winch had brought the whale right 

 under the bows, he began jabbing the steel into its 

 side, throwing his whole weight on the lance. The 

 whale was pretty "sick" and did not last long, and 

 before the roll of motion-picture film had been ex- 



A sei whale at Aikawa, Japan. This species is about forty-eight 

 feet long and is allied to the finback and blue whales. 



hausted it sank straight down, the last feeble blow 

 leaving a train of round white bubbles on the sur- 

 face. 



Andersen and I went below for breakfast and by 

 the time we were on deck again the whale had been 

 inflated and was floating easily beside the ship. When 

 we had reached the bridge the Gunner said : 



"I don't want to go in yet with this one ; we'll cruise 

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