CHARGED BY A WILD SEI WHALE 



We had been waiting two minutes (it seemed hours) 



when the Bo's' n shouted : 



"He's coming. He's coming. On the port bow.'* 

 In a second the water began to swirl and boil and 



we could see the shadowy form rise almost to the 



A sei whale showing a portion of the soft fatty tongue. 



surface, check its upward rush, and dash along paral- 

 lel with the ship. 



"Dame (no good), dame, he won't come up!" ex- 

 claimed Andersen. "Mo sukoshi (a little more) 

 speed, mo sukoshi speed! Dame, dame, he's leaving 

 us. Half speed, half speed!'' 



Never shall I forget the intense excitement of those 

 few minutes! The huge, ghost-like figure was swim- 



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