CHAPTER IX 

 HABITS OF THE SEI WHALE 



FOR many years the sei whale was supposed to 

 be the young of either the blue or the finback 

 whale, andtit was not until 1828 that it was 

 recognized by science as being a distinct species. The 

 Norwegians gave the animal its name because it ar- 

 rives upon the coast of Finmark with the "seje" or 



'For many years the sei whale was supposed to be the young of 

 either the blue or the finback whale, and it was not until 1828 

 that it was recognized by science as being a distinct species." 



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