Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-09


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and 80 - ~ oulIinr sor : .scheoi
of hov.Ieeds. -h;sh ha6' - mn far
.head
.G;ve a IN him rs roe,.a TIA frst
mate Mr. Thomas vheo a were With
In Il, f.thome of : uonster nth = or..t
bumn on hia haek.
The ho.t-.seer.r A ouee obsv.a ar;.
vino hoth ;rona into the vhale.
The mon.ter made 4 hsckvsrd ru.b
. second .fter nm won't his 6ukes. and
down thev came within sn inch Of the
boat. steerer's temple.
The vh,le then vent down. and avsv
aev the bo.t dr.oced nth t.rr;hle %.
Ioc;tv
ThrouOh the ice Va ware drawn. the
hat scrs,,;n0 and er;ndine a0.inst the
.r.ller fr.0ment.. snd the Ina hmm.
ming and tSumpine - IL r.n cmokino
around the logger. head.
The ;ce thromoh vhich our hc.A IN.
NOV h.;no dr.geed m.rel, cops;.ted ~
det.rbed fr.unents. 20 that tbers vss
At present no danger Of being stoveu.
Far ahead. however. were larger
m..ses. so,pe of them in fact loomino
mn N hivh .s \ ship's main vari. vhicS
mus, crush our boet like an ee1 shell
should We come into contact With them.
We hoped that the whale would come
ND ere We reached that locality, and
give our first mats-one of the most
skillful lancers in the ssrvice-a chance
to kill il.
On-still on sped the boat, and we
found ourselves drawing slarminelv
near the frovnine rampsrts Of ice,
We we're within about fiftv fashom,
Of them, and the mate had picked up
the boet hatchet, With the intention OF
sever;nr the lin =. ease Of our c.tting
much nearer when % came the whale.
booming out of the sea, scarcely three
ships lengths ahead.
HAUL line I" shouted the 6rst officer.
We obeyed, and the boat was drawn
rapidly toward the whale.
when near enough the mate sent his
lance whistliag through the air, and
struck the whale iu the region Of the
hump. The moment he felt the poin.
of the lance the monster made the wa
ter fiy all around him, beat the ssa with
his flukes. and rolling his head from
aide 10 aide.
Suddenly. when che movement was
least expected. he made = dash for the
boat, and lust cnsed the how with his
knocking Of \ norton. TO which
was attached the boat h.tchet.
Then down he went again into the
cold chambers Of bis ocean home.
The boat was. in q minute. again
drawn toward those huee iceberps ahead.
The mate having, . shown, lost the
boat hatchet. now called for = knife.
One of the men reached over to hand
him one. when the coil Of the line caught
him around the shoulder. and in en-
deayoriue TO regain his balance and e.
cane the coil he lo.t h;s footing. falling
beadlonp AGAINST his ah;pmates.
Herr vac a d.l.y vh;cb vas attend.
ed With necul;ar rs.ult.
The boat draveed ON. seemed about
n be dashed to niece, ao.;ret the berps.
when the whale null;ny 9turn;nol under
water. il was drawn into . large ravine
hs,x.sn two m...es of ;c.
This nv;ne seemed yerv long. We
were dravn farther And father into Il
ere the mate could succeed in obtaining
/. knife.
A. last h.v;ro proeured ore. he VA
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