WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



actually get into such shallow water as to roll in the 

 wash and will even try to hide behind rocks. The 

 orcas are not afraid of ships and will not leave the 

 whales they are chasing when the vessels arrive, thus 

 giving much assistance to the human hunters. 



The posterior part of a gray whale. Note the scalloped dorsal 

 ridge of the peduncle and the white markings along the sides. 



Captain Johnson, of the Rex Maru, brought to the 

 station at Ulsan a gray whale which had been shot in 

 the breast between the fins. He had first seen killers 

 circling about the whale which was lying at the sur- 

 face, belly up, with the fins outspread. The animal 

 was absolutely paralyzed by fright. The vessel 

 steamed up at half speed and Johnson shot at once, the 



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