WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



had been hunting the same school of gray whales, and, 

 moreover, by all the whalemen at the station, who had 

 witnessed it upon many other occasions. 



Of thirty-five gray whales which I examined espe- 



Cutting through the body of a gray whale. The thick layer of 

 blubber surrounding the red meat is well shown. 



cially, seven had the tongues eaten to a greater or less 

 extent and one had several large, semicircular bites 

 in the left lower lip. The killers do not confine their 

 attention entirely to the tongue for almost every whale 

 which was brought in had the tips and posterior edges 



