THE GREYHOUND OF THE SEA 



"Quick ! Give me a hand, sir, or he'll cut the line 

 on our bow!" 



I dropped my camera and jumped to the wheel 

 which the Captain was whirling frantically to port. 

 Bracing ourselves, we held it hard over and the ves- 

 sel responded almost instantly, relieving the strain 



The finback whale reaches a length of about seventy-five feet. 

 The left side of the throat is dark slate while the right side 

 is pure white. 



on the rope, which was sawing back and forth across 

 the bow. 



The whale now began a series of dashes and deep 

 sounds which dragged the lines from the winch in 

 spite of both brakes and kept the little vessel dodging 



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