WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



As the vessel neared the whales the signal was 

 sounded for half speed, and quietly she slid through 

 the water toward two big finbacks which were leisurely 

 swimming along close together. Intent on the feed 

 which floated in patches at the surface and stained 



"I was standing on the bridge with the camera focused and 

 pressed the button as they rose to the surface." 



the water a light pink, the whales paid not the slight- 

 est attention to the steamer which was creeping so 

 slowly and quietly near them. They went down in 

 front of the bow, just out of range, but without 

 arching their backs, showing that the dive would be a 

 short one; and so it proved, for they reappeared only 

 ten fathoms away on the port bow. 



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