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Show HIGH JUMPING ON THE OCEAN Whale Jumped Over . A Big Boat "Tho most stupendous ot all loapcrs of tho sea," says a writer. In Outing, "Is tho whale. I huvo scun a monster weighing hundreds of tons, rosslbly 80 feet In length, rite slowly nr.d deliberately delib-erately out of tho water until It ap-flfc ap-flfc pcarcd to bo dancing on tho Burtacc, entirely clear of lt( then sink slowly back, "Such a leap Is on record In tho annals an-nals of tho ilrltlsli navy. A largo whalo cleared a boat, going completely over It, cfi estimated leap of SO feet In nlr how many In a lateral direction was not knowri. "Exactly how high a "tuna can leap It Is difficult to say. I have seen tho water beaten Into foam by them four miles distant, and have a photograph showing a fish a black streak at least n mllo distant high In nlr a Jump of certainly 10 or IB feet; and It Is my opinion, based on what I have seen, that tt Is posslblo for a lusty tuna at full speed to project Itself 20 feet Into the air and 30 or 40 feet In a horizontal horizon-tal direction, "I Judge tho latter possibly from tho leap of a big tuna which cleared tho kelp and' landed high on tho rocks at Santa Catallnn. I liao often Btood In tho ccntor of a school of leaping tunas and watched them, but tho situation situ-ation Is not ono suggo3tlvo of reposo or peaco of mind," |