Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-05-11

something U! that sort. Pull away, for l
fancy we are only Just in time
Th'n uttering loud 'hIlloa :. hc tIied to
arouse responsive echo, but no sound an
svered him, aud the boat bounded on its
course toward the extraordinary object
y man a man = the men in the boat
cried. AMI the oat's-hca,ler, who was also
stm'iing up, shouted, : by heavens, iftIiat
il MOI Patrick =
Patrick it isr rcplicl the hrpooacr,
but where are the others q
But every other question diel away in
renewed exclamation of surprise, when
they came nearer, and not only rccogniz
cd the fourth harpooner, the young Irish
man. in the shipwrcckei man, but also
found that ho was kneeling on dead
sperm whale, which lay with its burden
few inches above the waters edge. His
left hand was twisted tightly in the line
Of the harpoon, which alone kept him on
his slippery post, and with the other lac
held the shaft, which he had cut away
from the harpoon, so tightly graspcd, that
he would not even let go when the boat
shot up to him, ala every arm stretched
out to help him in.
The poor fellow lookc,! deadly pale ali
could not utter a single worl-his eve was
wildly fixed OH his mesSmate as if he did
not recognize them; he merely rose me-
chanically to step into the boat, but fain-
ted away as soon as he felt the firm plank
under him. He had lived through a fear
full night; and we must return TO the peri
od when he quttel the others with his
own account.
Pat, as he thought, very cleycrly stccred
away from tn, track Of the other three
boats and followed single sperm, which
was lazily breasting the waves at some
ii tancc from the rest OF the Shoal. They
rowel Justify on at about five hundred
Yards in the rear of the sperm, and gain
ell upon it rapidly, for the fish was, as vet,
ignorant of the danger that threatened it
At the same time, the sperm Sw1rvel more
and more from its former course and went
, westward with the winl and current. Pat
rick now set his sail, in order to get near
or the fish without any unnecessary noise.
The whale howevcrappcarcd to have seen
t ted the approach of danger, for it start
cd off at the top of its speed, 50 that the
, boat even with the favorable breeze, could
gain bat little upon it. Suddenly, just as
they had got with great labor, within cast
, ing distance, the sperm diyed. and the
+ boat shot over the sinking monster. 'Sail
) IMP the harpooncr quickly shouted-but
: the boat slidHd on little distance from
e the impetus it had received, and the boat
stccrcr stood withupIitcd lance, anxious
| Iy awaiting the signal 10 cast. While the
, sail ilappcl wildly in the winl, aud the
= harpooncr held the sheets firmly in his
| hand, that they might not loose a moment
| in pursuit, the rowcGS locke down into
the clear water beneath, with the hope Of
n seeing the fish, and so discovering the dl-
9 loction it WAS about to swim in.
= There's something swimming said
$ one Of the hands, in half suppressed anl
= anxious tone OF voice; ii S coming up
, from below
|, iush!' said The harpooner--' grutly---
gcntIy---cr you'll! startle him--Whcre?'
1 There he comcs--thore he comes" thrcG
: -four shontel simultaneously, and grasp.
ell instinctiyely at Their oars.
d Back--back for your lives!' the har.
o pooncr cried at this moment, who was
y well aware Of the peril to which they wore
! cxIo >cd If the columns, in rising, merely
|, graucd their boat. Almost at the same
e instant the oars icI into the water, AM
il the boat had scarcely shot It's own lcngtl
o back, whcn the gigantic rounded head OF :
c powerful sperm fish, with its jaws hal
v opened, rose to the surface. and thcr
1t bounded forward, ,as ifto escape the strang,
e object whose presence he Has now awar,
S, of. In the bow Of the boat, and clos,
above the mountains Of hlubbcr, whic}
IT actual rose under his very feet, stood th
at boat stecTer with dplitlcd lance; but hi
l. arm tcmbls.l, and, still within reach Of tn
IN fearful foe, who coali crush them at
" single blow, he did not dare to hur tn
K, hlrroon into the ctlyins monster.
,c Give It him!' Patrick however shouted
ht p~rle; tIy careless Of danger, and on
IN thinking ut the moment OF the chase
" itaHS tltc lNiioN, ilc l ltb II't ItSil hll
n through his hands, and Selling his ow
j. lance, he appeared to be anXiouSly await
th ing the moment when he could hurl tn
re sharp steel into the back Of his prey
lit The boat-stce!er still hcaiatcd, but onl
,g for moment; for if he suffered the oppQ
tunity to slip, it was II question whctht
re they would ever again come up with tt
IS startled whale The sail had again caugl
- the wind, and the harpooner held the ii
RI ler firmly with his knees to bring the boz
y head round, and rush after the Tying TO
ed At this instant the harpoon .whizzc
n through the air deep into the monster
wv back, and was imAeddcd in the tough plul
mt bcr. In a second the sail WAS again take
Ny in, and the boat-steerer springing back
lily the tillcr, made room for the harpooner
ng throw his lance, and give the leviathan
'er the deep his death blow. Patrick stoc
icy in the bows, with his face raised for y ca
nd and the crew tuggcl away at the harpot
it'll rope, to bring their barruc close up to Il
fit captive fish. Patrick bent back, al
not while the aukcs Of the gigantic brute las
g cd the waves close to them, and it ro
the once again to escape the danger which
re- saw impending, the death bearing ste
en-, sank deeply into the soft flank ofthe fo
ate In second the harpooner withdrew it
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