Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-04-17

'ho "u'er, ecaTceiy ouryihS HIS nuWp'
We were now within dart, when the captain
whispered to the men, to seize the oars and pull
In an instant we were alongside.
Give it to him roared out the captain.
Bang went one iron, and bang went the
other
Starn all-starn all-starn, you scamps-
starn cried our elated captain, after having
seen the second. iron buried to the bitches in the
back of the whale.
Come aft here, my boy
! AZ, ay, sir, 4 replied, going at, and seiz.
| ing the line which was around the logger-head
in the stern of the boat
The captain went forward, preparing to use
the deadly lance, as the other two boats came
with the intention of also fastening. The whale
which but q few minutes before was so quiet,
was now like an enraged bullock his tail was
often high in the air, every joint OF which was
cracking, making sound similar to the snap
ping of hundred whips; and then his head
would appear several feet out of water, which,
together with his formidable jaws and frightful
teeth, plainly showed his strength, and what
was in his power to do
The second mates boat approached the whale
and young man by the name of Hale stood up
ready to dart the irons but the whale caught
sight Of the boat, and with opened mouth in
stantly made for it. Hale, nothing daunted,
! Aartad tho srnpc off Tho ofhnr opA than
jumped overheard. 1t was all that saved him,
for the jaw of the whale came down upon the
very spot where he had stood, and with so much
power that the head of the boat was at once
bitten off. He swan to our boat evidently
grateful for having escaped Mr.. Fisher now
pulled up.
Be careful how you 60 on that whale, ex-
claimed the captain, much !chagrinod at the
catastrophe he had witnessed
The mate, however, was not allowed to ap-
proach his whaleship, for he politely gave the
boat gentle cuff with his fukes, which knock
ed the bottom in, and sent the boat in company
with sundry whaling gear, such as harpoons,
lances, wall ~poies, llne-tuDs, &C.
By George!' roared captain Hussey, two
boats stoven, and the whale has not received
lance Haul line! haul line | will now see
what we can do Bow the line, Hale, and sit
down upon the thwart, said he to'the young
man who had been taken into our boat and was
standing up by his side. But he disregarded the
captein's order, and still remained starding.--
The captain was in the act of darting the lance,
when the whale turned upon US.
rn-starn-starn-starn all Take the
harpoon oar, Hale, and starn he eagerly ex-
claimed
AS Hale was about obeying this order, the
whale rolled under the boat, and striking it at
the same time with his jaw, SO that by the col
lision he lost his balance and fell directly into
The ja,cs of the tohale The whale lifted his
head out of the water, showing the young man
firmly in his mouth, as if in mockery of all our
g attempts to capture him. he then disappeared
with his victim.
How long the whale was out of sight can
not tell In a few seconds, however, Hale's hal
came up, and foated upon the surface ant
about minute after Hale himself appeared
Pull me in for heavens sake, ho exclaim
, ed; have been in the whales jaws
We soon had him in the boat his scalp wal
hanging by portion of the skin, at the bach
: of his head. 1t was replaced, and handker
chief bound round to keep it in the right posi-
ton. For some minutes he could not speak
4 but after time he informed US that he was no
o injured elsewhere.
f Where is the whale!' inquired the cap
It tain.
# Blast the whale almost exclaimed.
n There he is, sir answered one of the men
pointing out the whale.
e well, haul line; we will haul up close tt
J. him, and then cut, for Hale must be more Sc
= riously injured than perhaps we are awar
v Of
'e We were accordingly hauled up, when tn
v whale turned fukes' and disappeared.
v Cut line it's folly to hold on any longer,
,f said the captain.
l. The line was cut, and we were soon longsid
" the ship. Hale was hoisted up in the boat, AM
carried into the cabin, where he was examines
d by the captain and myself. On removing
X portion Of his clothes, several frightful wound
'. were discovered, one of which, in the lower ez
D. tremity of his body, was so large that porto
ID of this intestines were hanging out. There wer
in also others upon his thighs. These were q
sewed up, and after being properly bandaget
a he was placed in one of the cabin berths. I'll
We stoven boats were picked up; end Others imm'
,h diately rigged, and put in order, while men wei
it sent to masthead, with what hearts wor
7e pretend to say to look after the whale thu
as caused so much trouble.
of Pretty how do-you-do, said the captain
the mate, who till now had been busy in maxim
ed the changes in the boat. Two boats kuocke
We in pioces-craft of various kinds lost-ar
what is worse, one of the boat steerers near
es killed-pretty mornings work. want to 81
that whale once more, if it is only to ask hi
". how he feels with those irons in his back.
we Mr.. Fisher expressed the same sentiment
adding that he had never witnessed such hal
he luck. What became of the whale never learn
on IF he was afterwards seen from the mast he,
no one announced the fact. After few da
ou the carpenter had repaired the boats and son
lin of the crew had partially forgotten the occu
renee. But not so with Hale; he was oblig
to remain below some weeks before be was oh
of to 60 into the boat again. On being question:
BAT by some one, what his thoughts were in Z
ere whales jaws, he ereplied he thought the ,oht
might make about eighty barrels Of OIL" Iw