, 1869-08-17

~ oke b = loud noise oi -uen shouting and ham
ein sas re sssht t. wss ea q, deg nnea %
!arRe On {uamberlng. perhaps, 7"u3 torarat
,snu, as 'D Si Inc 4s.e n'p; speee4 ~es piosina
and constautly rising 70 ths surface Of the
esteT. They turned .1rnIds The sea, and wern
them Agath toxafo8 the Douth .ot the h&tpor.
The movement Nas REPEATED several times. and
atier While some other hoata well uAnned sp-
rrased- Tho ecebe now bceAmo attn morn tuttr-
eting, for lie have, besng no1r h2s1tI1 pressed,
made brilliant dash towards the sca- going away
u terrific l'scc iu straight couEse 1or the open
ffa. lhe SPEED appeared IL be nuthiuk 1es4 tttu
forty miles an hour, the water Using IN misty
l9at ~ theJ cut tnels way through II
hope tor The SUCCESS u ,he1r parsuels, bet con,
Ing upon point II llnd whch shoaled the water,
: tufiden turn u tht night hroaghL them uyan Ia
the direction OF the ha1tso1; m hour or two soon
rat.ttt, and The frheEutn Of Stornpway, becou.
tiE aWate Of wnut Was g1.ng on, neGan 10 lo!n 10
The chase, and dozen boats were soou IN pur.
ts'1 'hs ass roy mailing AMY fo' ~ ds.aas
Ing points 11 land bending the cunrs.. Of tbs deep
water, Ictu1prd upnn their pursueFA a,,atn and
nKait. i was now nesFls = oc:oeS, and 1t
ullEared LII II ertIJ human belnH III the l0Wl
"rte sent IN making the csptuFe Of 20
yaiuahle prize. Haats containing met, women
a4a elllo5ra Hooked TO the ecene Of action, aai
seon t:ty rowing mad sailing boats were engaged
IN the cfIaae, and rs the EuTera became tI1hu11el
by the Tremendous exrfton Ut lung Cuul ta4el and
lutt rowlhE Of heavy ht'atA they Et.e se!tes-d by
rtlayy from The Et'opEe OIL shore, tha nnE6erous
fishermen who Tint JoIned In the sI'ort wtse
pHctd DOW ~ takerst butchers, carlenters,
s momfu H. nad Ge1 n une sh1hs Ssrs ,a eoa
ued, II. II, Il sud O'Clock estne, and, Cert ain
y, II ths 'nlahltnnt' Of these 1s'ands are az
thcJ t h ha1s prov proved themse!yes % ~ to-day' ,hsy ~
deserve 10 bc tie Ilust prosperous people III the
world: Sut an fntiant were the whales permitted
s!uld 10 the c1trrne when rtst at'4cIed, they
DOW fkcalae carelrss Of their ehemy. AID allowed
taemselsce to bt struck bJ the oar- ~ thry rushed
past the boats to tscape frun tie VARIOUS creeks
TITO = itch they had been preset At } O'Clock T.
N. they wrrt d1slodged from pon.riOll which
they had maintained for some houra in Alstaut
about a H,,le towards tie inner hart,or. Again
they made several attempts 10 e5cApt,
hat tu by an un,uet1 turn they ra'he1 over
TIT dHy ca1ae. MHldene'l by tue ,llIrten1tr 0(
u.tvlEE ID shallow water The halea lA-ne,! irAu.
,saIy f,o stt'e e s!ae, Ea!tns me ses iato .,o
lieut. breakers ar though gale hnl1 ttsEurorA the
walcr. rockins the rmaI! Trading yessrls 10 and
ITO as theJ approached. The bnats nov f.gsn to
the eoH 1ot!on ther had created, thicErntu; The
shallow water. 1lAr1ng kepi closely uni'td 1nFIny
sse Rbhle daf, the frta~i now f'ec1fne tiiEniei:
they seemed, ~ It where, 10 BECAME vt once be-
y heredt and nliow Cd themselves to liz goalc.i py
tue l'oats to tue shore, to be despatched olv by
one hg The tshtrtnen.
! NIL ut't AlLEtupt ~ 1E4CElQE HuAk Ii hlul R0-
ing on; suffice It tu tay that far can Judge
and lrom the opinion Of the fisherman, there viii
be ut least 2to whales talen; half that lumber
nrr already Killed, and as many more are sIfe
wlhtn 1ne hurt,or. The whales are, believe, all
u one kid, known Il The botsienose species; theY
measure In length from ten to txenty-one feet.
The nsneEmen Will make great gain
~ this pnze, aud they well deserve
II, The eaase from the frst, Inth the
= haIcs were driven within the Inner harbor,
lasted upwards OF thirteen hours, commeae-
Ing at O'Clock L. NJ, a1,l the urst being Killed
toon nftet 2. IN. II IL lad 10 be eeventeeu years
r!nce Ehpal OF whatcs has entered this IjaY 10
lar. I be ercnt Of To-Day has been the most e1-
cltiuR thlnE have ever attu-a scene seldom Wit
ncsssd ahd nne never TO te forgotten.
since writing the nhoTe learn that rs whales
aEe already ktllesl. The salue, understand, L.
al upwards OF E1uU.
~ hln. sr, yours trnl., G.F. MCErZ,
" No}al Thames yacht Nstet.uy, stornoway, July