WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



The descriptions indicated that the koku kujira 

 would prove to be none other than the lost California 

 gray whale, and I determined to investigate it at the 

 earliest opportunity. Consequently during the winter 

 of 1911-12, I returned to the Orient and spent the 

 months of January and February at the station of 



The whaling station at Ulsan, Korea. 



the Toyo Hogei Kaisha at Ulsan, a small village on 

 the southeastern coast of Korea. 



I shall never forget my introduction to Korea by 

 way of the Japan Sea. We left Hakata on the night 

 of January 4, in a little transport chartered by the 

 whaling company to carry meat and blubber to the 

 markets. The vessel had a tiny, very dirty cabin aft, 



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