[Journals], 1908-1912
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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