CHAPTER XIX 



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A STRANGE GIANT OF THE OCEAN 



F all the strange animals which live in the sea 

 the sperm whale is certainly one of the most 

 extraordinary; whenever I look at one I feel 

 like saying with the country boy who had just seen 

 his first camel : 



"There ain't no such thing, b'gosh." 



Its head, which occupies one-third of the entire body, 





A sperm whale lying on the slip at Kyuquot, Vancouver Island. 

 Note the slender lower jaw and the small side fins. 



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