Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-26
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The following remarkable story appears
in the london Times h'q tho
Sn:aT send iyou the following account OF
whale chase, believing twill be interest
ing to many OF your readers. .-,,,.f..
This MORNING. at about S O'clock, A. NJ,
while sleeping aboard my yncht;in Storno.
way harbor, Twas awoke bt aloud. noise OF
men shouting and hanmering near the
yacht. went on deck Immediately, when
observed a. number of men In three or
hfonmD boats1 attempting to drive n slosi -cf
fish (npmbering, perhaps. 200 towarsls the
shore. The, fish, which were eyidentiy .of
the whale species, were Blowing. aitl con
stantly rising TO- the Surface of the water.
They turned ewssds-+}s~-sees-end were
closely followed by ,tLe, boats, which
shortly turned Them again towards the
mouth of the harbor The movement was
repeated several times, and after awhile
some other boats well manned Appeared
The seenea now becmne still more interest
ing, for the whales, being moIe hardly
pressGd made brilliant dash toward the
sea, going away at n terrific pace in 4
straight course for the open sea, the speed
appeared to be nothing less than 40 miles
an hour, the water rising in misty foam ms
they cut their way throngh il, 3 The course
the whales We're taking left little hope for
the success of their pursuers, but coming
upon a point of land which sboaled the
water, a sudden turn to the right brought
them agais7 in the direction of. the harbor;
an hour or two soon passed, and the fish,
ermen OF .Stornoway, becoming aware OF
what was going on, began TO join in the.
chase, and dozen boats were soon in pur-
suit, the whales now making away for the
distant part iof the bay. hrii again bailled
by The pr;iecting points of laid
bending the course of, the deep WA
ter retnrnedupon their pursuers again aud
an i was VI s. nov 70 M nearly n1!. 3 oel9 and it
in The town wss bert on making the Capture
OF 50 valuable prize. Boats containing
men, women and children foeked to tie
scene of action. and soon 80 rowing and
sailing boats were engaged in the chase,
and as the rowers became exhausted by
and fast rowing Of heavy boats they were
relieyeda by relays from the people on
shore; the numerous fshermen1who first
Joined IN the sport were replaced now by
bakers. butchers, masons, carpenters, WON
en- md children. The, shops were closed
and the town deserted, and SO the hunt
Ten, Ill, 10 and one O'Clock
came, and. certainly if the inhabitants of
these islands are as persevering and as in
tcfatigable always as they haze proved
to day, they deserve to be the
most prosperous people in the world. Not
IN instant were the whales permitted 10
rest continually harrasssed. from having
been tlmld IN the extreme When first at
lacked, they now become careless of their
,nemy, and allowed themselves to be struck
oy the oars as they rushed past the
boats to escape from the various creeks |
nto which they had been pressed. At 3
o'clock p. M, they were dislodged from a !
position which they had maisstsissed for |
'ome hours IN distant part of the bay or
utter harhor, and were driven abotitn mile
oward the inner harbor. Again they made |
several attempts TO escape, but by an un- |
utlsy turn theysrushedy over slloaE aeouIid.
nd now the most exciting time of the iay I
"sne Madiened by the difficulty OF NOV
ng N shallow water the whales dashed /
rahtlealfy from side to side, raising the sea /
nfo violent breakers as thoagh gale had /
the water, rocking the small trad
~ vessels to and fro os they approached /
Ihe boats now began to come up In num- I
'ers; the whales We're blinded by the com Il
notion they had created, thickening The
hallew water Having kept closely united
uring the whole day, the shoal now be-
ame divided; they seemed, as it were, to
ecome at once bewildered, md allowed /
themselves to be- goadedby The boats to the
hofe' to bcdispatched one by one by the
AIT ~ -
Iwiii not attempt 70 describe what is still
DING on; suffice 1t to say that, as far as /
an judge, and from the opinion of the fish
rman, there will be at least 900 whales 4
AIKEN; halt that number are already Killed.
nd rs many more are safe within the har-
or. The whales are, believe, all of one
ind, known rs the bottle-nose species;
hey measure in length from 10 to ii feet.
he fishermen will make great gain by
his prize, and they web deserve It, The
he chase from the first, until the whales
Tere driven within the inner harbor, lasted
pward OF Ii honrs, commencing at 9
clock q. m, and the first being killed I
oon after 3 p. m. 1t is said to be ~ years
lnce shoal of whales has entered this bay
far; the event of today has been the most
xeiting thing have ever seen-a scene
eldom witnessed and one never to be for
often.
Since writing TIC above learn that 175 {
hales are already killed. The value, 1
nderstand, is estimated at upward of e7OO
am sir, yours truly. -, G. E. MuNTz.
'oyai Thames yacht, Waterfilly, Storno-
way, July 28. geEr9e - +
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