Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-22

s< aad Susan. of this port, undcr the command of Capt. Nathaniel NJ. Jernegan, of Edgartown.
 Whiie.cruising for whales in the Atlantic Ocean, in March. 1864 in latitude S7 30 south, loHg tude 52 30 west, the lookout discovered whales in the distance, snd the boats were lowered-two of them leading of in pursuit of q large sperm whale promising yield of one hundred and twenty barrels of oil. Tie niate's boat overlook the whale and struck hiin with lance. apparently with good chance of capturing another whale then in Sight. The wound from the lance, however, did not prove efectual, and !he captains boat then approached ahd threw another lance into the whale. The monster retreated short distance, then deliberately approached the tho boat, laying his ponderous jaws oyer her frail side, and securing, it fully in his mouth, chewed the boat completely in fragments, leaving her crew to provide for themselves which they were not slow to do-escaping in safety to the mates boat.
 Capt. Jernegan meantime took command of the third mates boat. aud again approache and laneed the whale, but apparently with lit- tie effect. A third lanc however. ioduced the monster to attack this boat also, and with a similar effect, reducing it to fragments. Capt. Jerneg an was himself entangled in the line attached to the whale. and in contact with the
 
 porary sepulchre of Jonah, but with charac- teristic presence of mind he managed to throw of one of his boots. and thereby extricate himself from this part of the dilemma. The re. freshing coolness of the sea water ard the in- creased facility in the use of his limbs, prompted him also to throw of the other boot, and he thus succeeded in reaching the remain ing boat in safety.
 Nothing daunted by these two unsuccessful attempts to secure the rich pi ize. Capt. Jerne- gan ordered the mate to cut the line and shoot the whale with bomb-lance, and receiving heffth charge from the whaling gun, the whale threw his head high above water, then sunk immediately, thus disappointing the cap the consolation of unsuccessful Indian coon hunter, that " he be no 80 very fat coon after all"
 It is little remarkable that in attacking six whales during the three months previous to the middle of April, 1864, Capt. Jernegah has been five times compelled to take refuge in the briny deep in lieu of his boat, although throughout his previous experience in assist ing in taking more than ten thousand barrels of oil, he had never encountered similar dis aster.
 [The writer should have added, that tho captain happened to have boet-jack in his pocket, at the time. which greatly facilitated the removal of his boots.
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