Commander Bouguer approached the animal and attacked it with blows from harpoons and blasts from rifles, but without much success because bullets and harpoons crossed its soft flesh as if it were semiliquid jelly.
El comandante Bouguer se acercó al animal y lo atacó a golpes de arpón y a tiros de fusil, sin gran eficacia, pues balas y arpones atravesaban sus carnes blandas como si fuera una gelatina sin consistencia.