The Bennington Evening Banner

HIGH JUMPING AT SEA.
A Whale that Jumped Over a Boat—Tunas That Leap 20 Feet.
"The most stupendous of all leapers of the sea," says a writer in Outing, "is the whale. I have seen a monster weighing hundreds of tons, possibly 80 feet in length, rise slowly and deliberately out of the water until it appeared to be dancing on the surface, entirely clear of it, then sink slowly back.
"Such a leap is on record in the annals of the British navy. A large whale cleared a boat, going completely over it, an estimated leap of 20 feet in air—how many in a lateral direction was not known.
"Exactly how high a tuna can leap it is difficult to say. I have seen the water beaten into foam by them four miles distant, and have a photograph showing a fish—a black streak—at least a mile distant high in air—a jump of certainly 10 or 15 feet: and it is my opinion, based on what I have seen, that it is possible for a lusty tuna at full speed to project itself 20 feet into the air and 30 or 40 feet in a horizontal direction.
"I judge the latter largely from the leap of a big tuna which cleared 10 kelp and landed high on the rocks at Santa Catalina. I have often stood in the center of a school of leaping tunas and watched them, but the situation is not one suggestive of repose or peace of mind."