WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



struggled but little and seemed more interested in re- 

 turning to its meal than in freeing itself from the 

 harpoon, but two boat hooks were jabbed into its 

 gills and it was hauled along the ship's side until it 

 could be pulled on deck. This was no easy task, for 



"Two boat hooks were jabbed into the shark's gills and it was 

 hauled along the ship's side until it could be pulled on deck." 



it must have weighed at least two hundred- pounds 

 and began a tremendous lashing with its tail when the 

 crew hauled away. "Ya-ra-cu-rorsa," sang the sailors, 

 each time giving a heave as the word "sa" was ut- 

 tered, and the shark was soon flapping and pounding 

 about on deck. The seamen prodded it with boat 

 hooks and belaying pins and I must confess that I 



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