WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



The animal had been down for fifteen minutes when 

 suddenly a slight sound was heard near the ship and a 

 thin cloud of vapor was seen floating upward from 

 a patch of ripples which might have been made by a 

 duck leaving the surface. The whale had exposed 

 only the blowholes, spouted, refilled the lungs, and 

 again sunk, doing it almost noiselessly. The gunners 

 assert that this is quite a usual occurrence when a 

 single gray whale is being hunted. 



One of the most interesting things in the life history 

 of the devilfish is the annual migration which occurs 

 as regularly as the seasons. In no other large cetacean 

 is there anything like the migrating instinct which 

 carries the gray whales from the icy waters of the 

 north three thousand miles to the south to seek the 

 warm lagoons of California and Korea in which to 

 raise their young. 



On both sides of the Pacific the migrations take 

 place at almost the same time. Along the Korean 

 coast near the end of November single pregnant fe- 

 males appear, traveling steadily southward; a little 

 later both males and females are seen ; and finally only 

 males bring up the rear, all having passed by January 

 25th. 



When going south almost every female is found, to 

 be carrying young nearly ready for birth, and all are 

 hurrying straight ahead as though anxious to arrive 

 at the breeding grounds as soon as possible. The devil- 

 fish again pass Ulsan, Korea, on the northward trip, 

 about the middle of March, and by May 15 have 

 disappeared. 



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