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Show Good Money in Whaling '. The Vastfold district of Norway, where many of the old Vikings had their homes, Is still the recruiting region re-gion for one of the most romantic callings of modern times whale hunting. hunt-ing. Leaving their small farms In the care of w.ves and children, the men set out for south Georgia and the Boss sea In September and return at the beginning of the following summer. sum-mer. The Norwegian whale-hunting fleet numbers about I'O ships and employs em-ploys 4,000 men. The work Is very hard, but Is extraordinarily ex-traordinarily well paid, every man re ceiving a royalty from the catch. Some men nverage ?0,000 a year, and the ablest, afier years of good service. serv-ice. Is trusted with the harpooulrjg. |