The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-09-06
Cruise OF the " .nIe.sip Julian.

N-F ~"~a 1"A-7r ~ eS-
Crui-- OF the " haIe.bip Julian.
Ma E~oIvs-DEss sE As errgm st4nces q a very disa-
xr-vabI- nature es1p-ied me to leave the ~Lalr .r ind
much ssourr tnsa I eoGll Etsh. perhaps a short serruut . my
cruise on Rrdack AID Bristol By. All a LIS e he * diack
Feet You'd he aec~ptsbI-- arrived on h dlsck 81 Lit. So
10 Y aSI ia 1879 - vs.. Long, on the I5;h = April las,
WHERE 1 { il In with right whales, hot tt'y we're very -Ly ~-
sLaseI ~hass every day uP 10 the IS h, without getting nigh
eDuush o. dart I then bet the run q th-m, AMI I cruls-d all
over ksiAck- rom Cross s,and back TO Rniiaek Island, and
1erpss 10 Queen Charlotte LsLaLd, sItLout seeing more than
DO two LpG- whale. aBi they were going very qlcs. Pr IN
ihers, worked doHn the eoas;, as Ear g Cape Eiggcomb, where
arrived Nay IL and fell in with tb= b4rss :. b Thompson and
Temps, ~ith npfhing. Th-y hal seen their first xhaI-tb4t day
IhSss were 'ke IRIS, ships 1 lad srvn the s-A,on- On the 18TH,
l SAW i large schOoi VI sperm whales. IO- cred. andstrlCk tso,
saved "n=, the I- D Gel frm the otb-r, Cape Eig=cambe bear
Ing y ( Is HLea distance 1 cruissd ~ and d0Eu the coast
HON taI- EdSrcDtnhS o. Crp-s sound, until the 18th Ot June,
ami ~ a great many WiaIe-, but very ~ILi. The whales Lett
there AhOal that tim=- June ~, l found whales OF NJ PAR
FeansT. In 81 - y. Lat, aud Is - " Ling where they
stnPPsi. until about the first u ia y. Ibave seen a grsa at many
whales u h"hae1 tbs season. Iu; th'y we're very sHi and
uEseIts-d- aud 1t was almost impossible 70 get near -uuu.h to
strike them. We have syrlcz > right whales ths : as,1, sunk
. aud saved one Lost 100 f4lhrIn- OF whale line ami ~ iruus,
BY sinking whales About every ship has sunk onr OF more
whales; as a general Thing tie weather has hem bad. f.ggy and
--sso., .sOi Ge zVCn d Hay, up 10 The - IA Of June. About
che first Of July tie ships iOst the run Of the whales, ard Uesan
10 wOrk 20 the westward
On the Ioth OF bay. We discovered TIA; cur boEsprit was
balIy sp:uIS, and h-Ltd ii, 20 ! coLsid,Itd il sale WuL careful
usage. which proved 10 b- the case. On the IIth OF July, 1 lett
kC~s Island. and started for Prince " IIiam's ScuLd, ~Lgr- 1
got wool ana water, and a spar for a JO~sIrt- Uu the 18Th,
lea trOes I" ii@u's -, nd, aud started Tor Bristol Bay, had a
long passage Hith thick fog aud head winds wOrsed uuecua,t
akug fs.t1 10 To % miles distance. Aug = I ! T. Vi, strurg
sMis sprUi s Up srum : : W, with . very heavy swell, Thick
Cog prevailing u the tine l thea called the nUd ~ miles dis
tsst under my Leu. which caused me 20 carry sail rather more
;haH I should Lave done, hsd 1 II=aty Of SEA NOM Cu the
night 81 the dh q AGE ~e drit-i through the OunHak pas
slgei "a he sth. saz a right ~haI-, aud ch4>ei; on u= oh,
say auoshsr, oserei aud came near striking Ou tn lO.h. ~s
disc'vrL t= m'n mast very bdIy sprung, the front side
sas sOas ali the gay aerus.. about : feet above lie truss baud,
ani the suastrsrI sHie split from the aier part OF tbs trus-rtree
running forward 10 hi cher break; thu hounds were aIs split,
and had started an inch from their places We Considered the
mast unit aud unsafe To cut = <sale by- 1 Therefore had it
eshct - well ~ Circumstances would admit wuii spare sIars.
sent dDwu the aP-aiLaEJ mast ard yards, led al u: the head
brace, TO the rss. and put away Dr the Sandwich Islands.
While fishing the main mast, saw a large right whale close to
the ship I callssi tile -iHp then IS miles = W Of - PsuIs
Island We have had u.hI Winds aud fne weather on our pas
sage down, exerptns three days tlez frs-y anil heavy swell
about he Fox Islands Had Re not TGt about q : ~ did, Ee
.houbi hav-Io-S rain tpHIast orte-ne Compelled - -=nI IL doEn,
a. the main mast heal worked considerable, sHi he break
oy.neI very much a. !; vHs- I have MT seen any ship. since
sLs Josh OrJuy.
Ta-r, have been a greet many whales sunk on X -iack this
.-1-ou- A. Er asI car learn, but - night ~haIes have been
killed. % which Il suns. Different opinions prevail - % thu
cause % vhaIes sinking SINE lay that 10 : AL EpI-uIess 70
sins a whaIe, ami that they can -nS any ~h-Is with one lance.
which 1 d. lot hsi=yr- Oth.rs say that y firing ruD ltuces
IN them, Il will make them q at-that have Thoroughly proved
90 be incorrect, unI-ss L sh"ud require a boat hs-- Ihsye
hal S AMI 6 hncss ar-i into a Ehaie. which hitr-I ai then
r down Ike a -Euue- But l n tn-e WAX ireaflt . AAuN /
20 murh ah"at sinking ~iaEs, and ho~ to rryy-at il, have
sunk whars tlrussye-. Il j. perfectly al sum fT q man h--
cause he hA- been Fortunate 10 striking floating NhaE--. 10
which csH--I their faatin<- I lave hd a whale q az hall an
hour and th~u suk. amt I have -~~u them Eat ru- hour aud
shri snk 50 h-ayy Thar 5I-ats enuhl n"t holi them ~. II -
N the mole q EhIrg Are ~hli-s thst they ar suak. and & tl-re
ar m-u gho know bow O. prevent %. ! n uht most Certainly adj
Wis al agents u whal- ships hereafter &. slip none hut these I
thai spuhI make Nhai-- fat. fr c. TtaIuiy the hes - a whale
nov a days IS quite an rtru- But u I may he allowed toeN-
pres my "Pini0r uIou the SUI Jet, ! sh'u"i very r-tiHy say
shsr sinking, 81 Who kn"S hmv % prevent it. / have my
reas = "a b-ibvin= that = = III IN tie rbGts aul ut ia Le
ct Epis IanFr than others. ani ~hy g. n-ht ViIaI- sins more
than ho~h-nI.. ar Why do h7Ntesis -HL more on che uchotsk
Arctir. anil have never h-ari ofs whales suSIng tnrrr yet the
same mrn hill THIN anil in the same way
Very respectfully yours. ; = NIS.ShE-
Master St1, JufI4a.
Report Of the Ship Julian. Cupt. ine-ar.
Sroxg III FOLLOWING - :
June 2s-J. D. Thompson. on b. 2 right whales, haA sunk l.
2s-Ocean, Glars q Nan, = ~, whsI-s, hi seen -p wh.
on six diG-rent occasions about sitka sound and
Cape EI-rnb--
July s-Bk. Harmony, Kelly. of Honolulu, I right Vhal. vas
bouHl to Bristol Bay.
cs-Jefsrson, Hunting ISL. . whales. had sunk l.
10 oriuthiau. e NB-2 whales. had sunk l. :
I0-Bs- Tempest Fish 81 NJ ! whales.
iO-GooI Return, Fish. % NIB. l whale, had sunk =
I0-Ger- Pike. Fisher. Of Nh, / whale, had sunk l. .
n-arI from the foHouinx3-
Early in Nsy-EIectr,. Brown, q Nj. sperm vhae.
i5-Bs- Tan-raHs, wiuso~, ofNB, whales
July I-Bk- Ez-rail, Piercr, Nh, ! tight and l sperm whale.
hal suns l. O.
10y 4-Bk. Issb=Ha, Tucker, NIB / ~humPbscz-
Ire abgT- are AL tn ships 1 have hesri ~ or spoken except
the Abm. Barker, which has arrived al Laaiuaina. AMI tire above
all bern whaling N sigh, Of each other ou tF- n liack,
weeping the tempest, Tameriane, Emerald and Electra and
heard only fgn hem
n eport Of brig .Jo,epb;u+.' Stone. from J1r-