THE THRESHER AND THE WHALE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,-A year or two before the war a fight took place near Waternish, in Skye, between a so-called thresher and a whale. It was seen at close quarters by several members of my party, who were in a boat some fifty yards from the fight when it began. The fight was also seen from the shore, and local people assumed that the attacking party was a thresher. From the description of my friends it is, however, clear that both the combatants were whales; probably one was a killer whale. They were described as being both about 25-30 feet long, which, of course, puts the thresher out of the question. Blows from above seemed to be the method of attack; one of the animals would heave itself almost or entirely out of the water and come down smack on the one beneath. The result of the scrap was
not known.—I am, Sir, Lc., W. H. hicCoxerz. Pinmore, Daljarrock, Ayrshire.
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