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Will Tongan Whaling Go Commercial?

May is the month when the migratory whales start to move north from the Antarctic to the tropics. and early in May the whale-men of Tonga—one of the very few places in the world where whales are still hunted in open boats and launches —were busy sharpening their harpoons and knives.

Though Tongan whaling is still operated only for the local dinner f n hle and for the production of some home-made soap, there is a feeling in Tonga that it will not be long now before Prince Tur l ’ feeling in xu n f establishing a tuna fishing industry, will Tvrt>nmrhile the Tongans are eating their whales, and extending Meanwhile tn fhjf vurvose For many years whales were only iftezr / S( F vera i seasons ago interest sprang up in some fi £ ed n f fhe arouv Znd last season 37 whales were taken off other areas of Q ■R’ Q ff Tongatapu. Friendly rivalry exists