Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel . Modern Whale Gun and Harpoon Ready for ?^^- *-•¥?; ap»!i; ^ A Finner Whale Being Cut Up Commencing to cut strips of the blubber with a flensing knife. The blubber is being pulledaway as the man cuts bj a chain and steam winch. HUNTING MIGHTY GAME 29 and eighty-five grammes of black powder. The secondfine from the port side of the hold is made ready, anda new harpoon, one and a half hundredweights, slungfrom the hold. The line is spliced to the twisted wiregrummet or ring that travels in a slot in the shaft ofthe harpoon, which is rammed
Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel . Modern Whale Gun and Harpoon Ready for ?^^- *-•¥?; ap»!i; ^ A Finner Whale Being Cut Up Commencing to cut strips of the blubber with a flensing knife. The blubber is being pulledaway as the man cuts bj a chain and steam winch. HUNTING MIGHTY GAME 29 and eighty-five grammes of black powder. The secondfine from the port side of the hold is made ready, anda new harpoon, one and a half hundredweights, slungfrom the hold. The line is spliced to the twisted wiregrummet or ring that travels in a slot in the shaft ofthe harpoon, which is rammed into the gun so thatline and ring hang from the shaft at the muzzle of thegun. Getting this done and putting chains and ropesin order takes time, and a considerable amount of workfor five men. He has screwed on the explosive point to the harpoon(over the time fuse), swung round the gun, and they^areoff in pursuit of a whale just sighted. He has appeared
Size: 2118px × 1180px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectvoyagesandtravels
