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fact to their having become more wary. Is it not more likely due to the 
fact of their destruction in large numbers in the south ? In the first days 
of subantarctic whaling the Hump-back constituted nearly the whole catch, 
even more than 96 per cent, in 1910-11. It was reduced to 478— about 
18 per cent. — in the same locality in 1913-14. 
People interested here in the whaling industry admit that some measure 
of protection is necessary. 
