The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-02-01

au8 trHnQnb element. II y p'ssiale
n.ure ,lau f,blrd g'aai eomin. theaee %
Bstilr ulih usf Aud Ia lcw Ht us nts
. viii IA l9e hI. bisisl 80 anr. ihtt .hsll tuH
tbi. Isliadj blue 60 lutbid crimapt a
shout startled u,e, and, los,kJHg around
lbeis ls-bipg lhe sea g. snaWdtifla. rolled
our prry. And - Iat az sutngenlsl, AZ
jes.l ~ leei lung. - huge girth, he lag on
81. back, (ihe iagorite w.y Of hxbiiug, OF
. ihe cstbelm), his head depressed, aud
. jaw 6Il % teyt luug, elevated 10 the air
aud Ld-lIipg aitb sharp, glraming white
teeth lli. rlatiug was fearful. DuwH t"
eur uar-, gud ia = munent uur mate bad
his lance at work
( krru asa razir blade, that long thin
lance found ils way through hide aud
siuew p,sg piled ~ arsh and rib bur, =
iug IT, head IN ibe very yitals Of the
munster, lli- thoes Of agony were ter.
rjbo aud pitiiul. AZ .very anoe.lhurst
Ills huge body wuutl quiyer along It's cn-
tire lcuglh, aud tho bright. rcd bpod, hnt
from bis hcatt, rush 10 torrent from biz
rpirAuIe. Ia vain hc lurus upon u,--the
well trained crew slip the boat out from
under lis very jaw, As he shuts II down
To- crush us, aud ~ be rushes by, again
the lauec cutsit cruel way.
No ph,, tlii. Kind Of hunting. No long
range rifle fired from safe di-laoe. a
grand baud 80 hand combat, graphing
the greatest living animal Ia lite aud
death struggle No place ia that boat luI
weak nerves, These be- earnest men, Of
rbe sea, aud cunquWiag it's king. liz
strives to escape, but the iron il calling,
aud spoutiag ten gallons 81 blood al every
breath, be i growing weak. The blood
has covered aud old Mate looks like
the butcher hc Is, on old fellow youI
enemies mve CLOSED upon You, and know
NO fear. Il I. your lilc or theirs, aud mau
uimnphs over the brute.
But now the cuup de grace Is given,
aud he ir 4! !iHg. Ga ti1 side swimming
bliudy, he sweeps RundIy around in a
narrowing circle, uuIil at last, headins
toward lhr suu ar vision grows more aud
more dark, mighty throe shakes the
huge tulnl, u cuuyutaiye slutider as II H.
a Inst vain struggle for lif,--md a hinge.
uuS Sieldly ma,s, heaying upon the long
rwells, ulests mans supremacy npon
water rs well as upon land.
Whle wc had been ut work, the Other
boats had not been Idle. When our whal,
rruppeared from hi, tir-t nmd plunge, the
whole school had surrounded him, or il,
" aler's paulance, "brought to-" fot
there is a deal of honest sympathy IN n
school I, + sperm whales. A feet Of boat
dashed IN, and rh quickly selecting IT.
plel commenced the work of death. 1m
scene was perfect pandemonium--th
whales, entangled III many lines, striving
to escape; here one OF his ba, K, hi. grea
brislling jaw elevated. and lines attaches
10 Ultttl NttHlNh NuNtld AOuhh anu ibhHb
IL; there another, try ing TO hglt his wa.
clrnr Of the mass, dealing tremenduu.
blows with his fukes. The surround
ins boats press upon item, the lance
flashing in the sunlight, the shouting
crews covered with blood, wild with ex-
cilement and ~ The waves caught d
br ght red liut; we were floating in u sen
oi blood.
But, one after another, breaking ava,
from tie entangled mass, went into hi.
furry" N d dragging after him tn boa
iis ,iIicers still ply lug the lance--lm
mmsl,r forsaken by the school, yieldeu
and turn d, tin up, Onr ship seeur"c
tldee OF the prizes, among which our boa'
captured the King, being What is termed
hundred barrel teller. At noon we had
them alongside the ship; secured then
with massive chains, made sail TO gain NJ
fling before beginning the work OF cut.
ting ill., Con espondeacc Of the Boston
/ Commercial Buiiet,n.