A STRANGE GIANT OF THE OCEAN 



When a sperm is harpooned with a hand iron it often 

 rolls over and over on the surface, winding the line 

 about its body and causing the hunters a deal of 

 trouble. 



Along the Japanese coast during July the sperm 





The tongue of a sperm whale ; it is strikingly different from the 

 enormous flabby tongue of the whalebone whales. 



whales sometimes appear in enormous herds of four 

 hundred or more; the great animals will lie at the 

 surface spouting continually and the sea for half a 

 mile will be alive with whales. 



When the steam whalers find a school of this sort, 

 signals are set to bring in all the ships which may be 

 near, and there is excitement enough for everyone. 



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