twelve minutes. They will do this often when being chased; simply show their flukes, spout quietly and sink without showing more of the body. At other times they may raise themselves out of the water, resolve much like a humpback, and draw the flukes out. The height and density of the spout depends euterely upon circumstances apparently. Sometimes where they have been under for ten or twelve minutes they will blow so quietly and [illegible] in such a way that hardly any vapour cloud is formed at all. Breathing These whales seldom throw themselves out of the water or