Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-06-04 | Page 13 | Whales Struck by Harpoon "Drowned"

WHALES STRUCK BY HARPOON DROWNED As a a. general thing the whale whal whale when struck by the whalers whaler's harpoon har bar poon dives below the sur surface ace and soon reappears for air to be be- greeted greet greet- ed with another harpoon or two which puts him out of business Occasionally the they do not reappear and the explanation made nade is that they are drowned Having received their death blow they reach reich the bottom but have not the strength to return and their lungs filling mUng with water makes It all aU the more snore difficult as they are deprived of the buo buoyancy ancy that this quantity of air all would impart to their bodies