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National Geographic : 1919 Jun
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Photograph from A. T.Haeberle AZOREAN WHALERS USED AMERICAN METHODS IN PURSUING THEIR QUARRY WHEN THIS INDUSTRY FLOURISHED ON THE ISLANDS A .FEW YEARS AGO At Capellas, on the island of St. Michaels, a lookout was maintained on one of the near-by peaks, andwhenever awhale was sighted asignal was given to the men waiting in the boats below. The direction was indicated by two signal fires built in line with the spot where the game had been seen to "blow." Here the whalers are seen hauling the dismembered carcass of their catch up on the beach bymeans ofcapstans.
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