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fifteen feet under the air, evidently
he saw us far below again,
in a second without another blow
away to reappear again some
yards astern. At each time,
he blew, his act was accompanied
by a kind "surking" sound such
as would be made by a person
drawing the breath hardily thru' half-closed lips. Again he came
to the surface, and on the starboard
side, and to the noise of his single
sprout sounded like the muffled
clops of two great hands. This after
while he cleared himself never
near enough for a shot or good
pictures, and seemed to be enjoying
the game of tag he was playing
within, to with delight except. Then
he dived threw himself clear
out of the water, showing even his
tips of the clubs, spalling back
with a resounding slap like the
reparting of a gun. Once his head
of thick throat back to these fins
were thrown out out of the water
but always beyond the range of
either gun or camera. One
hour and after he had been down