Scottish geographical magazine . Such a whale Sir James Rossbelieved he saw. AVe, however, saw none ; nor were any sperm whalesseen among the ice. Of the Southern Finner {Bahenoptera atistralis) we saw great numbers,and so tame were they, that on one or two occasions the ship actuallystruck them before they would get out of the way. On a favourable dayI have seen as many as twenty lying lazily on the surface, or comingup now and then to blow a high, thin blast. On one occasion (January6th) one of these enormous creatures, probably not less than 80 feetin length, was seen to jump like a salmon,
Scottish geographical magazine . Such a whale Sir James Rossbelieved he saw. AVe, however, saw none ; nor were any sperm whalesseen among the ice. Of the Southern Finner {Bahenoptera atistralis) we saw great numbers,and so tame were they, that on one or two occasions the ship actuallystruck them before they would get out of the way. On a favourable dayI have seen as many as twenty lying lazily on the surface, or comingup now and then to blow a high, thin blast. On one occasion (January6th) one of these enormous creatures, probably not less than 80 feetin length, was seen to jump like a salmon, every portion of its bodybeing clear of the water. Another whale of which we had some experience was the seemed nothing in particular to distinguish it from the ordinarynorthern Hunchback, the Megaptcra Jongiman^i. It is a small whale,about 40 feet long, whose chief characteristic is the extreme length of the SKETCH MAP OF SOUTH POLAR REGIONS, according to most recent research. X? left SOUTH ORKNEY I^^z «—c=^ c
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