WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA 



ing over the stranded grind; others in their last ago- 

 nies dive on the muddy bottom and, half out of water, 

 beat the air with their great tails. The hunt may last 

 for hours, for some of the boats chase the stragglers 

 even out to the open sea. 



When the carnage has ended and the receding tide 



A Pacific blackfish (Globiccphalus scammoni). This species has 

 no white on the under parts. 



has left the grind high and dry upon the beach, the 

 sheriff and his assistants count and measure the ani- 

 mals preparatory to allotment. Every porpoise has its 

 special number cut into the thick blubber which covers 

 its cylindrical head. The largest whale is given to the 

 native who first sighted the school. One-tenth of the 



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