WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



stomachs, although the natives say that sardines are 

 often eaten, and call this species the sardine whale. 



All the gunners assert that the sei whale can reach 

 a greater speed in its first rush after being harpooned 

 than any other large cetacean, and I have seen ani- 

 mals which were not killed at once dash off like a 

 hooked bluefish. But the first wild rush is soon ended 

 and the whale is generally easily killed because it does 

 not have the strength and staying power of its larger 

 relatives, the finback and the blue whale. 



On land the African hunting leopard, or cheetah 

 (Acinomyx jubatus), parallels the sei whale, and for 

 a few hundred yards can probably distance any other 

 animal, although it too soon tires if the chase is long. 



