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Whale Hunting

by Roy Chapman Andrews

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Author
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960
Title
Whale hunting with gun and camera A naturalist's account of the modern shore-whaling industry, of whales and their habits, and of hunting experiences in various parts of the world
Original Publication
United States: D. Appleton and Company,1916.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
SH: Agriculture: Aquaculture, Fisheries, Angling
Subject
Whales
Category
Text
eBook-No.
68454
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68454
Release Date
July 4, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.WHALE HUNTING with GUN and CAMERA A NATURALIST’S ACCOUNT OF THE MODERN SHORE WHALING INDUSTRY, OF WHALES AND THEIR HABITS, AND OF HUNTING EXPERIENCES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHORE WHALING
  6. 6.CHAPTER I MY FIRST WHALE HUNT
  7. 7.CHAPTER II HOW A HUMPBACK DIVES AND SPOUTS
  8. 8.CHAPTER III AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE “VOICE” OF WHALES AND SOME INTERESTING HABITS
  10. 10.CHAPTER V THE PLAYFUL HUMPBACK
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI JAPANESE SHORE STATIONS
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII A JAPANESE WHALE HUNT
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII CHARGED BY A WILD SEI WHALE
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX HABITS OF THE SEI WHALE
  15. 15.CHAPTER X A LONG BLUE WHALE CHASE
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE LARGEST ANIMAL THAT EVER LIVED
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE WHALE’S LEGS
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII THE GREYHOUND OF THE SEA
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV SHIPS ATTACKED BY WHALES
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV REDISCOVERING A SUPPOSEDLY EXTINCT WHALE
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI HOW KILLERS TEAR OUT A GRAY WHALE’S TONGUE
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII SOME HABITS OF THE GRAY WHALE
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII THE WOLF OF THE SEA
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX A STRANGE GIANT OF THE OCEAN
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX A DEEP-SEA SPERM WHALE HUNT
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI THE RIGHT WHALE AND BOWHEAD
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII THE BOTTLENOSE WHALE AND HOW IT IS HUNTED
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII HUNTING WHITE WHALES IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV THE BOTTLENOSE PORPOISE IN CAPTIVITY
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV THE BLACKFISH
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI THE PASSING OF THE WHALE
  32. 32.APPENDIX — I. CLASSIFICATION OF THE CETACEA — II. DIAGNOSES OF THE WHALES DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK — BLUE WHALE, SULPHURBOTTOM Balænoptera musculus (Linn.) — FINBACK, RAZORBACK Balænoptera physalus (Linn.) — SEI WHALE, RUDOLPHI’S RORQUAL Balænoptera borealis (Lesson) — HUMPBACK Megaptera nodosa (Bonn.) — NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE, BLACK WHALE Eubalæna glacialis (Bonn.) — BOWHEAD, GREENLAND RIGHT WHALE Balæna mysticetus (Linn.) — CALIFORNIA GRAY WHALE, DEVILFISH Rhachianectes glaucus (Cope) — SPERM WHALE, CACHALOT Physeter macrocephalus (Linn.) — KILLER WHALE, ORCA, GRAMPUS, THRESHER Orca orca (Linn.) — WHITE WHALE, BELUGA, MARSOUIN BLANC Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas) — BLACKFISH, PILOT WHALE, CA’ING OR GRINDHVAL Globicephalus melas (Traill) — BOTTLENOSE PORPOISE Tursiops truncatus (Mont.) — III. THE SKELETON OF THE CETACEA — IV. ADAPTATION AS SHOWN BY THE CETACEA
  33. 33.INDEX

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