I should judge it would have weighed a ton,--more perhaps; for it was immensely thick and broad: though the head struck me as very small for its bulk otherwise.
"Now, all together!" whispered Raed.

"Aim at its body above and back of its forward flippers.

Ready! Fire!" We let drive.

The great creature gave a hoarse grunt, and, raising itself on its finlike legs, floundered over into the sea.
"Round the ledge!" shouted Kit.

"He won't get far, I don't believe!" Guard was tearing down, barking loudly; and we had started to run, when, above the shouting and barking, the sudden boom of a cannon was heard.
"Hark!" cried Weymouth.
"Hold on, hold on, fellows!" Raed exclaimed.
"Wasn't that our howitzer ?" Donovan asked.