A LONG BLUE WHALE CHASE 



Almost at once the winch began to take in the slack 

 and haul the carcass to the surface. When it came 

 alongside the rope attached to the first harpoon floated 

 backward in dangerous proximity to the propeller, 

 and it required some careful work to get the animal 

 fast to the bow and the line safely out of the way. 



We had a long tow to the station, for the chase had 

 carried us nearly one hundred and thirty miles away, 

 and not until the next afternoon did the sturdy little 

 vessel sweep into the bay and deliver her whale to 

 the station where in a very few hours its flesh would 

 fill thousands of waiting cans and be sent to the 

 markets throughout the Empire. 



