Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHORE WHALING
CHAPTER II HOW A HUMPBACK DIVES AND SPOUTS
CHAPTER III AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA
CHAPTER IV THE “VOICE” OF WHALES AND SOME INTERESTING HABITS
CHAPTER V THE PLAYFUL HUMPBACK
CHAPTER VI JAPANESE SHORE STATIONS
CHAPTER VII A JAPANESE WHALE HUNT
CHAPTER VIII CHARGED BY A WILD SEI WHALE
CHAPTER IX HABITS OF THE SEI WHALE
CHAPTER X A LONG BLUE WHALE CHASE
CHAPTER XI THE LARGEST ANIMAL THAT EVER LIVED
CHAPTER XII WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE WHALE’S LEGS
CHAPTER XIII THE GREYHOUND OF THE SEA
CHAPTER XIV SHIPS ATTACKED BY WHALES
CHAPTER XV REDISCOVERING A SUPPOSEDLY EXTINCT WHALE
CHAPTER XVI HOW KILLERS TEAR OUT A GRAY WHALE’S TONGUE
CHAPTER XVII SOME HABITS OF THE GRAY WHALE
CHAPTER XVIII THE WOLF OF THE SEA
CHAPTER XIX A STRANGE GIANT OF THE OCEAN
CHAPTER XX A DEEP-SEA SPERM WHALE HUNT
CHAPTER XXI THE RIGHT WHALE AND BOWHEAD
CHAPTER XXII THE BOTTLENOSE WHALE AND HOW IT IS HUNTED
CHAPTER XXIII HUNTING WHITE WHALES IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
CHAPTER XXIV THE BOTTLENOSE PORPOISE IN CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER XXVI THE PASSING OF THE WHALE
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.)