WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



was out before the animal finally slowed enough so 

 that the winch could hold. Even then, with the en- 

 gines at full speed astern, the ship was being dragged 

 ahead at nearly six knots an hour. 



Our catch next began a series of short dives, fol- 



"I ran on deck just as the great brute rounded up right beside 

 the bow and the gun flashed out in the darkness." 



lowed by frantic rushes from side to side, which 

 lasted two hours. Each time the animal went down 

 the winch ground in a few fathoms of line, some- 

 times losing it and more on the next mad plunge, but 

 slowly, surely, recovering it foot by foot. 



At eleven o'clock the whale began to weaken. 

 Every time he rose the stay at the surface was a 

 little longer, his rushes became less violent, and the 



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