Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-28
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A VVhaIe IN POrtlsaa Il 1HarbOr.

* A VVtiaIe iii fsOrtlsaa Il 1harbo+l
70 For some. days preYioqst t9lM Mepday last
1.-TWO whalesIhad been ep0rtng ah0utt tlleen-
'Iitrance TO our harbotO much. tQthe amuse-
1jment of sojonrners at Cape Cottage. They
bgsneraliiy piSysa #foqpd fAs Sgsiae' n, but
Imiond Cove. AEofHay morning one Of the
Jmonsters accompanied aNassels0lfarj utbat
1jhe evidently igUC heightened IahaH iDst his
1reckoning. Heewam intod0nIdnner har-
1lboT, straight up-by- -alisthe e-wharves. and
thrOqkhsthe RpttPhd A9dgeign1 theRls3
lso shoal thabhej suit the. progressive, aud
.bcommenced 70 EiI6 from shore to shore, and
liback and forth bety4een VangDan's bridge
'bahd the rai road bridge, he beihg able togo
ElI no direetioh more than hdff' b inilee e"7FFA
" Meahwhiie tbe tetetaH UllVt and eapturer9
tof big fish, Captain Benjamin j. Willard,
was fotifed OF che preyeiie5 sk kIoMOaItnf1
lghished guest, and ohe' made immediate
u pahseo eoRtee him wGfnTreceptiOn1s NiklI
1lhis- hafpoanAOWhaling gpasl&cJIC Capiaind
bBens yqrS sseon IN his boat, With six STOUT
4 ,llfellows at the oars. They pulled TO the'D
lbsdefie where 'the Sffighted tVAlas was taifS9H
ly ,seeisingJ uDi outlet and the fnneenlT 10
linIeneed ga crowd ofseme ~ feent hppdredc GO
people,Yere soog gathered, on tile bridges,
rEOecasfonaliy The Whale Would oftfsh % olthe,s
Esurface with sdeli tetFf6c speedthat pearlydj
his entire body fwotlldlappear above the
surface, and he would, flb with asplesh
that would send columns of water high IN
ifair. .uogsuax-.,,. t.l.t6,-U
The boat in chase was propelled, with.
great speed, but the whale Iavofded iblfOfdd
long Vihfe. hMeffRDpeafedli with their rifleSOit
4 ilitoOEa pop at the. dRint of. the deep whenYd
ihe came enear,loA pgmbeg Of rifle balls were
RpE me nun %lSHS%t fIsS SS ,T 9 tssd
orange near the eyea This Shot stcmedtbnL
stun him for u lmnment, and D. meRept
only, for he was off again more frisky thau -
d feYer, closely followed by Captain Ben IN g
his boat Backand forth they lied, pursu-
81 er and pursdeda The exeitomeli5 Bdeame
\ intense. Finally the whale broke water
~ withth SOME thirty-dVe feetTef 6heItb0as
Z land the, next instant a 1,harp9on was seeh
u circling through the air, sent by the sturdy
arm of Captain Ben Willard. 2 Notwith-ia
4 standing. the great distance, the iron toqk
7 tefeck and boat and Whale were rushing
p along alta speed of nigh twenty niiles8 8R
4 hour The scene was now indeed n strange
ohe,iuT There in the extreme back harhoT of
| Portland, six miles from the ocean, was be-
ing witnessed the most thrilling part of tlfek
Wild life of WlHlelhaDd YUBfortqnately
for all but the whale, the harpopl gave q.
Y way Just as the boat was being worked up
4 near U'give his traiesty a second irony Nca
Y Phe chase was renewedi but hhe Using
q, tide gave the whale more water aud room, =
4 and it SCENE Impossible to get near him. a
/ The struggle had lasted nearly six liOurs;oi
\ theerey iweFsia tirediOpt, andCaptaiu
4 Willard ,deteSnined TO Wy, the whale-gun
and boat-lantG, rather than longer wait for
p the manly and exciting fight incidentitoos
the use OF thefharpqOn, just, as he got ia
u readiness his Yhalesbip came up within
r fifteen feet Or Che bJat, lookiBg 70 ttg6gndis
! ffightful as to elicit a cry of horrors and ,
y alarm irom those on the bridge close bYzr7
oh, for my harpoon!, :, eXeIaimtd Captain =,