WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



tallic, whistling roar which can be heard at a distance 

 of three or four miles if there is a fog or the sea is 

 calm. I always have a feeling of admiration when 

 watching either a blue or finback whale, for the mag- 

 nificent brutes move in a slow and dignified way as 



When sounding the finback sinks lower and lower until the dorsal 

 fin disappears; this is the last part of the body to leave the 

 surface. This species never draws out the flukes as do the 

 humpback, sperm and right whales. 



though conscious that they are the largest and most 

 imposing animals of ancient or modern times. 



As a supplement to my own experiences while hunt- 

 ing finbacks in Alaska, I have taken the liberty of 

 quoting a portion of J. G. Millais' description of kill- 

 ing a whale of this species off the Shetland coast, for 

 it shows most admirably what real excitement one can 

 have even in modern whaling: 



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