Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-09

NO true sportsman fond Of nig game
! y Vii ever regret a summer spent VII
he Newfoundland wfaiers. Lion hunting
in Africa and tiger stalking IN India both
doubtless have Their dangers end fasci-
nations. but whaling. even II the partici-
pant is only a spec stor, has an excite
ment ard uncerts ntv about il al. - OWN
THAT fingers in tie memory long time
The whale is mammal and not fish
that * 10 say, il is a warm -booded ami
nal which b-eathes ar instead Of water.
browns if submerged too one, brings
forth its young alive and nourlsfes L
with milk from its own body. Tie lars-
est Of the family is the sulphur bottom,
whale. Specimens measuring ninety-seven
feet in length have been killed. Such a
creature would weigh 10 10 100 tons \
in tie Pacific ocean. thoagh tLey are non
being killed off Very rapidly They have
heen sa.ad hitherto because Of their
sWift1ess n the water and the compare
lively sinai, WELD OF nhaleaone.
Then there IS the boNhead. also called
lie Greenland or polar whale. which in
haoits the waters round the north poie.
This species is now Very scarce. II al
tains q length of from forty-five TO fifty
FIVE feet. and is unconlmoniy rich in both
Yield mitch As 30 barrels Of oil and
1890 pounds of Whaiebone.
The world has no idea Of the varied
uses to which the whale is now put by
the enterprising Observation-Disclosures. The
laminae which fringe his mouth become
the ''Whalebone' Of commerce: the fatty
coat which incases his body is con-
verted into high-grade oil. the choicest
portions of the meat which forms his
carcass are transmitted into human food:
his great bony skeleton IS scaled and
steamed and made into unbreaSabie
crockeryware: less valuable hssh is
turned into extract CT lee, liquid and
solid: the blood and juices are nanufac-
tured into glue: the milk of the female
is used in making condensed milk, ard
all the refuse becomes a fertilizer. An
adult whale Yields about 5000 pounds
Of edible meat
Norway and Newfoundland on each
side OF the Atlantic are the only places
in the world where whaling by modern
methods is carried on. Th. big ''Hsh"
are hunted. not by rowboats, but by
clipper steamships. small but speedy
craft of 100 tons. with twin screws, ard
able to make thirteen knots They can
Turn in their own length so as 10 dodge
the enrased whales which attack them
essary to fit them for chasing the IN
wieldy creatures as th"y g2nltoi abDGt
in the waves. Instead OF the harpoon
cast from a mans hand. as formerly. a
bomp-lance is fired from a cannon on
the steamers how. which is filled with
explosive matter. that discharges through
a timefuse 1t explodes inside the whales
body, so that the Ash dies almost in
stantly. But If it misses vital part the
injury IL not fatal. and the whale may
linser for hours, until another shot is
fred into it TO give the ouietis.
In fine weather Ii ia no: uncommon for
a steamer 10 kill thEee or four in a
day which she buoys up as they dc, and
secures in the evening, towns, them 10
land. here the fa-tcries or rcfineries
ere established in which the creatures
are converted into commerce. products.
On one occ asion lie V:kin@. one of lie
newest whaiers. sighted a huge bull fin
back, the spes6iest and earnest of the
whale tribe. of Cape Spear. four miles
from Sc. Johns. and. approaching eau