The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-11-28
Interesting Reports From
THE WHALING FLEET

II ship CAaf. -. Msrgan, Hamilton, rr5rs-L@r Homo
niG April = vent on the Och1t.k May ? fuul 4 relideal
q ice aa8 hg az Mercury Bay during June and July, ami whales
sear7= a. fIL Went into the same Bay again. ami enli-7i
th-r- during August abI s~ptenb~r, AMI fgund ~hai= pi=nti;uI
thin to- 8 ~ial-s tier-. CAPTURED cur frt ~tae Juae 70,
Lt-s4@ e " lang 1893 20 4 last one 81 Ochotsk City oct
Iph. saw net ~hais in Mercury Bay. Hal ;gerabiy god
.-ath-r thruughsut th- -esson. ot. u, OF O-irt-k City, had
aLezvy snow storm. Took eight bovheAi- AMI oDe right ELaIe
-s-Tuck AMI Ist one right whale and fur L8Ehests through
accidents and tad weather, which would probably have made IS
in ali lIOO Iris tLi- sasoni two 81 our EbaIes we're ATgs-oH,
a right zhsie, made 1D7 br-- the other, 4 bo~h~ai, lsS br-
Sir John Williams, II Officer, haL Ii. hand badly injured ~
tn bursting 81 bomb-sun, While fast % right Wlaie5 b. has,
h0wsTsr, recovered lTUEn lis injurie-, bot has Estlds aTe-hng-r.
Len the Oehotsk ami came through the 5oth pas-age Oct 2Sth,
and had Light Sc winds ar three days @yih. L. 40 &2N,
ing. IT3@ 10 z, eDcouu;srsd = severe gale from W.Nw-
which Iasted for IS boGn We hid-to uolrr bare Poles Tor Il
hours, AMI let the starhaard and b S-bOat OF the cranes Took
The trades strong In lat 90 aDd carried them 70 the Islands.
touched CO LALan4 % tie l2h SOy, AID auigel - HoGOluiu
mkt day-20 days pdssase-
ID Brig Aloha, MaDtaen, reTors-Len Honolulu Dec -,
and srs; erufsed % the Line. where We took four sperm whales.
Next went 70 Ascension, Guam, and Japan Sea, but saw no
-lales daring the time Went On the OchNsk in May, and
found ice plentiful, bot weather good. Cruised in s-W- Bay all
the season, and fund whales plentiful during August, Sepiem-
her and October, bat rather shy took our first whale Oct IS,
ard the I.st one during September, in the Bay-cook in all seven
whales One Of cur men, the cooper, name unknown, died tie
third day after having Honolulu also, a native Of this group
named John Maui, died four days previous 20 cur arrival. Left
s-w. Bay Oct &c, and had ,olerabIy good weather down, with
the exception Of Two light gales, in which We lost two boats OF
the cranes Reports having leus several ses-eis IN n Bay DuIOi
arrival here found they had all come in before him
~ chip ROs,eau, Greene, ~reports-Cruised the first part Of
the season, from April II 10 May %, in the Japan Sea saw but
f~ whales, and those very Wild and shy struck two, but lost
them. Touched at IakOdadi on the I'D OF May, and sailed On
the 18th for OehOtsk. June S. In lat as 20 ~, long 1872 a5
Z, saw a right whale and took hin. Arrived on tie 56o %
ground July l, bat saw only one whale while there Put away
for the shantars, and made the ice and land July Z found the
ice plentiful and whales scarce. Took our first bOshead on the
2ssh July, in s.w. Bay, and the last in shanlar Bay Sept. 81
saw no whales after the I'D. Left shantar Bay on the 18th Oct,
FeIixtoG on the ilth, and passed through the 5Oth passage on
the 18th From the long. Of l65 4. to1I5@ W. had the worst
weather / have ever known. Took the first gale Oct. q, in lat,
4se 10 N, long. 1919 - T., from 8. and yeered to WSW.,
blowing very heavy laid-to under bare polss some "a hours
lost s;arboard boat, stove gangway-board, bulwarks, and pitched
away the msrtingaIe. On the 10Th, lat 10 N, long. U.s. E,
took another gale from Sc and hauled to NE, which bowed
hard for % hours lost main topsail, mtzen-staysaii. jib-bOom
with all the sails and most Of the rigging attached After that
had three days passable weather, which was followed by another
gale from s, which blew for some 5 hours Il tFen hauled u
the westward, and BILE. hard for 30 hours. While running
before the wind, shipped 4 heavy sea over ;he stern which broke
fastenings 70 The rOund-house and carried it foul Of the wheels
breaking both stanehiOns short of with the tiler also the rim,
spoks, and in fact made q complete Sneek Of it, However, we
patched il up and sept OF again. From about lat. 10 N, long.
II6= W., had good breezes to the islands Took the trades in
lat. a. 60 ", long ISL 10 w, varying from Sc. to L. by s.,
and was unable to make any Fasting came closed hauled all
the way amer getting the trades Sighted Maui, and touched at
Lahaina on thu 18th Nov. Arrived and anchored at Honolulu
on the 18th.
II Bark Florence, Spencer, reports-Let Honolulu Dec.
-, q ursL NEuL u stLIius uFdE pIAm- VNhtA hf III hNHS"
Sea on the I'D March, and cruised there till April 4, but Sal" no
whales Iet there on the 4h, and went through he Straits into
the japan Sea same day. Took our first night whale on the
25th, in lat $50 As n, long. 1873 OF E. saw but few whales
and they were very shy, and weather bal. May i, struck two
more right whales, but unfortunately lost One-lat- 399 50 W.,
long. 1873 : E.; afeE that, up TO the 18th, saw bu, one whale,
and he appeared to have been chased, for he was running Ike a
Of PerOuse into the ochOtsk SEA; fell in with the ice on the 2ad
in lat. 49, 20 N, long. 1i67 O5 F., accompanied with thick
fog and strong Il. winds did not get clear Of it till the 10th Of
June. Next tried our luck on the - Wheat GrOund"-cruised
there till the 2lst, but did not see any whales sd, sighted
Jonas Rock, with plenty Of ice all around 18th, anchored at
Ayan, and left again next day FOR stantar Bias, but could get no
farther than Rocky Point on account d the ice on the 18th,
three boats Ien the vessel for Caroline Harbor, with provisions
for the Tender, and arrived there after a passage Of lG days,
having endured some severe weAther on the way one Of the
boats 20, fast On a cake Of ice. and was on it for three days and
nights, exposed to heavy slet all the tune, and had It not been
for the perseverance, OF the officer WHO had charge Of the boat, the
crew would undoubtedly have persisted however, they reached
the Harbor on the 14th July, in company with three boats from
the Isaac Rowland. Found the Tender and endeayOred To get
her of, but did not succeed. The bark arrived at Caroline
Harbor on the 81 August previous TO her arrival, the boats
had captured three whales i'm the Bay. Found plenty of whales
In shan:ar Bay, but the ice was very troublesome and the whales
wild. Took our last whale Oct II, in Mercury Bay in all 10
bosheais and 2 right whales this season. Spoke the Emily
Morgan on the 7th Oct, under Elbow Island, haiiing 300 brls,
AID was boiling at the time. Left Mercury Bay Oct 81, in COM
pany with barks John p. Yves; and Camila-the former with
1900 brIs, and the latter faH; the Milo VA to leave next day,
also FIJI. Had good weather on the passage down, with the
exception of one gale from Sc, in which We lay-to six hours,
lat 80 60 ", long. 100 , 4oi w; an.r that had the trades
strong TO the Islands. Touched OF Hio on the way, and arrived
at Honolulu Nov. -. Was - days from 5Oih passage to this
port