Notices of the proceedings at the meetings of the members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain with abstracts of the discourses . Fig. 2.—Harpooning a Fig. 4.—Hauling an Orca on board 1904.] on the Progress of Marine Biology. 549 These alternations repeat themselves, sometimes for several hours con-secutively, almost on the same spot, with occasional pauses, whichseem to be those of repose. It is when the cetaceans appear in thisway at the surface that the nearest whale-boat shouW» make everyendeavour to come up with them before they again disappear, and sosoon as one of them give
Notices of the proceedings at the meetings of the members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain with abstracts of the discourses . Fig. 2.—Harpooning a Fig. 4.—Hauling an Orca on board 1904.] on the Progress of Marine Biology. 549 These alternations repeat themselves, sometimes for several hours con-secutively, almost on the same spot, with occasional pauses, whichseem to be those of repose. It is when the cetaceans appear in thisway at the surface that the nearest whale-boat shouW» make everyendeavour to come up with them before they again disappear, and sosoon as one of them gives a sufficiently good presentation of thepart of its body near the head, the harponeer fires his shot. Butthis critical moment seldom arrives until after several hours of pur-suit, even when the animals are full of confidence and allow thewhalers to get well in amongst them. Most frequently, and underthe most favourable circumstances, it happens that during the threeor four seconds which the emergence of the animal at each of hiseight or ten respirations lasts, the presentation is bad, or the move-of the sea has destroyed the aim ; it is then necessary t
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