Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-19

IL was now nearly O'Clock in the ac
ternoDa when the man al the main sum-
out there she blows!' lie repeated the
cry regularly for five or six times. All
was now excitement among the officers
and mcn. Every one was anxious to
know # 1t was the KIND Of whale we
wan ted
The mate hailed the man al the mast
head:
where is that whale? Whit do you
call herr
Sing out when the ship heIs for herr
'Ay, ay, SIR
Keep her away said the captain to
the man al the aelm. 'Boy, hand me
the spy glass;
steady" sung out the nun at the mast
head.
steady 1t 49, answered he wheel.
The captain then started TO 90 alo(i.
Mr.. A Ito the matc) you may square
IN the atler-yarjs, aud then cali al
hands.
Forward there shouted the mate
maui the main-sall up and square the
yards, Bill 20 an old suilor
'Sirp
Call all hIndsY
'Ay, ay, sir
'All hands ahoy,' shouted old Bill, in
voice like the tempest; stand by the
boats. In 'less IN an no time the deck
was alive wIth men.
boa! steerers, get your boa! realy.'
In moment the boats were read the
TUBS put in, and lhe lines bent on their
harPoons. the crew standing by ready
TO follow the boats down to the water.
when the word came from the captain TO
lower away.
There she blows sung out the man
at the lore, Not half mile off,
Down helm, shouted the Captain
Mr.. A. brace mizen lopsail; hoist and
SWING the boats, and lower away
Down went the boats, and down fol
lowed the crews. As the boats struck
the water, every man on his twart.
WIN ms hands on the loom Of his oar;
and IN less time than have taken TO
write this, the three boats were cutting
their way through the water in the di
rec:ion Of the whale.
1t was my duty to steer the mites
ooat' and she happened to be the fastest
puIier, so that although we all left the
ship together, aud for few rods kepf
nearly head and head with each other
still we knew we'll enough that as soon
as the word came from the nate 10 give
way We should drop tho others in
moment. So we did not fret ourselves
but kept cool for tight pull when the
whale should show himself on the sur
lace oil the water again which he did in
a moment after.
Here she is cried the mate, and
not over ten rods from the boat. Now
my dear fellows, lay back handspring
hard,I tell you. There she bIows-on'
~ give way, my boys, and she is ours ;
The boat bounded forward like a
thIng OF life Spring like tigers says
the mate, his voice singing almost TO a
whisper looked to see what kind of
chance was about to have; lat the "a me
lime pulling with all my might. We
were going on her slarboard quarter
Just the chance | liked to fusten TO a
whale.
Stand up shouted the mate, and in
moment had two harpoons 10 the hitch
es into her.
stern all, stern all sung ont the
mate as he saw the irons into the whale
Tome here my boy said he to me -
We shifted ends, he to the head end /
10 the stern Of the boat. The whale
started of like lightning.
Hold on linen said the mate. and
away we shot after her like an orrow
from a bow. The mate by this lime
had his lance ready. Haul the on tb,t
whale! he shouted, aud all hands turned
10 hauling line, while cooled IL ayyaV in
the stern sheets. We had got pe5,Iy
up TO the whale, when she ven, -,
sounding taking the line right up and
down from the head Of the boat. b,d|
two turns of the line around the logger
head, add was holding on as tho boat
would bear, when al al once, another
large whale that we knew nothing about
shot up out Of the water nearly her
whole length, ia a slanting position,
hanging directly over the boat. threw
of the turns from the lUggcc.head, and
shouted % the men 90 stern Bat IL
was Of no uae-she fell the whole Of her
body on the boat. I heard the crash,
and as ! went down fslt pressure OF
water directly over my head, caused as
then thought by the whales hukes as
The struck. How long { vas ulder The 4,