The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-09-19

trOm side to side, hcrCcty lashiug the water
with his imkes, and using other endeavors
to dislodge his adversary.
But tho bear still clung to hi with te-
nncious grasp until the enragod bull evi.
IDENTIFY losing all patience, tried the effect of
q cold water bath upon his enemy. Down
went his great head and up went his Aukea,
MS he dove into the liquid chambers OF the
sea; and moment after Bruin rose to the
surface, putting, snarling aud growing with
disappointed rage,
Bv this time tho shrouds, tho foro.top,
the cat.head, tho spritsailyurd, and oven
the iibboom Of tho Norman were alive with
grinning spccators-oll tars aud young
sters with brUad-rimmcd hats aud wide
collars--whilc tho gunToom otlicors aud
the midshipmon crowded the tallrail aud
the gungway. All hands were now of the
opinion, however, that the combat was I'm
ished--that the bear had had enough Of the
fight aud would scramble upon tho ice,
while his adversary would not again rise to
renew the combat.
In fact Bruin was now swimming toward
the berg, rs though anxious to get out of the
water as soon as possible; and some OF the
men had already begun to descend the
shrouds, when suddenly the surface of tho
sea in the vicinity of the bear was agitated
by a number of little ripples then followed
caring noise; and the next moment the
poor animal was tossed about fifteen feet
into tho air, as the great head OF its mighty
antagonist uprising from tho deop, struck
the under portion of its body.
LAY, ay, now that's too bad, cried an old
sheet anchor man.
II think it serves him right" said the
ships corporal; "he's o land-lubher, do you
sec, and therefore had no business to inter
fcre with that old humpbacked tar that's il
| his own element.
| As the bear came down after having beer
thus numerically tossed the whale received
it upon it's (the whule's) flukes and sent il
| flying upward again; and although by this
| time it must have been considerably injured
yet when it struck tho water it made an
other flank attack upon the monster, and
this time drawing itself upon the back o
its adversary, plapted it's claws and its
teeth in the blubbcr, TO which it ciung to
naciously.
Plugging from side to side, tho bull MS
before, now cXorted itself TO dislodge the
| beast, but without sucoess and the Captain
| cf the Norman was remarking to his first
| Lieutenant that no believed the whale
would have to try the effect of another cold
water bath, when the old king suddenly
rushed backward, paused moment, aud
then preached nearly his full length out oI
| the water.
And it was truly grand, an awful spec,
tacle-tho huge, dark body of that mighty
leviathan, towering high in the Hir, while i
remained poised for an instant, exposed tc
the view of every man, and then fell bach
into the water with u crash equal to the dit
Of broads;de.
A great cloud of spray enveloped the
whale as it struck the sca-somo of it flying
even upon the forecastle--and the vesse
trembled with the shocked caused by tho
falling of that tremendous living mass as i
might have done had we simultaneously
fired every gun in the craft.
Then, amidst the Missing foam Of the agi
tated waves, we saw the bear, which haC
been thrownlrom it's tenacious grasp. bu
which was still undsmaycd, and ready t
renew the attack. 1t was now making
sort of flank movement toward the whale
head, and it would soon doubtless have ob
tanned another hold had not the leviathan
mastering all its tremendous strength, ngaii
preached, although not quito SO high as i
did before. High enough 1t was, however
to annihilate in it's descent any living crea
| lulO anu 81 IL tlldG tlt
bear, before it could avoid the impending
blow, received upon its unsholtcred form
| the full weight of this living mountain wheI
it came down laundering into the sea.
| The majority of the seamen expressed the
opinion that Bruin had received his desert,
for meddlng with "ol sailor" as they
termed the whale; whilo the marines one
and all, declared they were sorry that the
gallant king of Arctic shores had been de
feated by that rough.looking old bull
from the realms of Neptune.
Having thus accomplished its work, the
whale dove into its watery home, leaving
behind it upon the surface, the mutiIateC
remains of the late antagonist, the whit,
bear, and during the remainder of the da,
this singular battle afforded all hands-no
even excepting the oflicers--an interesting
| topic of conversation.