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INTRODUCTION
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The development of shore whaling and its progress throughout the world--The floating factory--A modern shore station--The ship, harpoon-gun and apparatus--What shore whaling is doing for science 1
MY FIRST WHALE HUNT
Making ready for the hunt--Three humpbacks sighted--The first kill--Inflating the whale--Cutting in a whale by machinery--Disposition of the parts 22
HOW A HUMPBACK DIVES AND SPOUTS
Diving--How far down whales can go--Spouting--Construction of the blowholes 38
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA
A fruitless chase of two humpbacks--Another humpback sighted--It bursts from the water half under the vessel's side 46
THE "VOICE" OF WHALES AND SOME INTERESTING HABITS
The voice--How long whales can remain under water--Where whales sleep--The "double-finned" whale 54
THE PLAYFUL HUMPBACK
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