Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-06-03

arrived, fitted ont vessel loaded with provis.
ions and other necessarics at his own expense,
and despatched it 10 the relief of the sufferers
at Point u Petre.--N y. Hcraid.
whaling of New Zealand.
The whale-boats nre admirably adapted for
the purpose for which they are intended. They
are Of various constructions, and are designated
as English, French, or American each has
some popularity to recommend it. They are
capable of resisting the rough sea of Cooks
Straits, but are at the same time swift and buo-
yant. When starting on a whaling expedition,
the boats leave Te.awe-,i before the dawn o.
the morning. Each has either five or six oars,
and n crew accordingly. The boat stearer and
the headinan are the principal men in the boat,
aud are generally Europeans the rest are ma
tives. They pull to the entrance Of Tory Chan
mel, where view opens over Cooks Straits and
Cloudy Bay from the southern adand, where
they keep lookout for the spouting of a
whale. The boat which kills the calf claims
the COW, even though it should have been XII.
led by another boats crew. If a whale has
been killed, the different boats assist in towing
it to Te-awa-ti. | once saw ten or twelve boats
towing whale Each boat Rad a little flag,
and the scene way gay and animated. One
day calf had been killed, and the COW, having
been fastened upon but not despatched, was
towed inside the channel. Gasping in the ago.
ny Of DEATH the tortured ANIMAL when close TO
our ship, threw up Jets Of blood, which dyed the
sea all round and, beating about his tail, it
broke boat right in the middle, and threw the
crew into the water; but at length died, ex.
hausted from the many wounds which tke irons
and harpoons had inflicted The calf was STA
ted by the sailors to be six weeks old. (on what
grounds do not know and was about thirty.
four feet long. II was cutup in few minutes,
and gave several barrels Of oil. The process
was so rapid, that when came ashore found
only the head. cut out the brains, the weight
Of which, amounting TO five pounds and one
ounce, astonshed me greatly. The whalebone
was soft. and therefore useless There were two
hundred plates Of it on each side Of the roof of
the upper jaw.
| got the whole roof cut of, and, intended 10
dry and preserve it, placed il on the roofot a
neighhoring house, but on the following morn.
| ing had the modification to find that the rate
and native dogs had found their way to it in the
night and had eaten all the softer parts so that
the rest fell TO pieces. A portion Of the heart
of this calf was roasted and sent TO our table
In taste | found it very like beef, but it is dark.
er in color. The COW was sixty feet long, and
measured between the fins on the belly eighty.
two inches. Her skin was vrlvet-like black
with the exception of mkwhite spot round
the navel. As regards the color Of the whale
! have been assured that il is sometimes speck.
| led and that even perfect alhinos, or cream
colored ones are seen, which must indeed be
beautiful animals The fat or blnbber of thi,
whale was nine inches thick, and yielded eight
tons and ha 'fofoil Whales have been known
to yield twelve or thirteen tons but ! have
been told, that so large quantity is now rare
y obtained from the great decrease Of the
whales. A whale which yields nine tons is a
| preseN regarded as Il very goOd one. nt
tongue was ofa white OF ash color, and black
lsh toward the roots. This organ gave severa
barrels OF oil, and is a monopoly of the tongueI ,
or 'cutter-in.' The latter operation is perform
ed at Te-awa-iti, near the shores, where, by
means of windlass, the whale is raised to the
surface of the water under scaffold called
shears The blubber is cut off in square piece.
by means OF a sharp spade it is then carrleC
to the shore, and Immediately put into the try
ing pots. The 'cutting-up' ofa whale, secun
dem drtem, is a process which requires grea
proficiency, like that of the skiltul dissector
who separates the CUTS, and with it at once
all fat and cellular tissue, from the subjacen
muscles. In the whale the blubher is to be re
garded as the cults, in the cellular structure o
which the oily matter has been deposited
Shortly after the death Of the fish the epder
mis- comes off in large pieces, looking like oi
led and dried satin.-Dicfcnbachs TrGrel
in NeU ZeaLand
XrRAvAG >NzA HrWkoRDiNARY.-Ch \.
King o! France, was xtravaganily Xtolled
but is xccedngly xecra,ed. He Exhibited Xtra
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