The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-03-13
PERILS or WHALE-hILLiNt.
1 Traa Incident.

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wrTr twp Iu-H Ou the lookout fur
, whales. II W.s nearly four o'clock
5 when The IMAM at the main sun@ out ::
Their sine blows He repeated the
p cry regularly five OF six times. All
. was HOW excitement among the uili-
, GERS and men. Every one WAS anN-
Iou5 - know II IL was the kind Uf
whale We wanted. The mate hailed
. the IMAM II tEg mast head:
~ here Away Is that whale: What
. do son call herr
3 '-l;ight whale, sir, On the lec-Jcam,
two miles OF; look Out sharp for her.
sing out when the ship heads for
her.
-Ay, ay. sir"
Keep her away" said the captain to
/ the man at the helm. Boy, hand me
| the spy-glasS."
.->,teadyr sung ont the man at the
masthead.
Steady it is ans werad the man at
the wheel
The c.tptainthen starte,I to go alOft
Mr.. i. ttD the InlteJ You mIy square
in the aftrr-yarls, anl then cail all
hands
Forward. there shouted the mate.
"IIaul til. main-sail mp and square the
yards, Eili" do an Old s;tilor)
sir"
Cal all hands,
~Ay. ay. sir. All hands, ahny,"
shDntrd oil B!ll, in "A voice like Il
tempest. "SJand 10y the boats" In
less than H0 time the deck WAS alive
with men.
@BOat-stccrers, get your boats ready"
In a moment, Us il were, the bouts
were in readiness. the tubs put in, the
lines bent on 10 the harpOUns, and the
crews standing ny, ready To follow the
boats down tO the wafer, when the
| word cImr from the captain tS lower
away.
There she bi0wsr sung out the
man al the fore; mot half 4 mile of.
Down helm shouted the captain.
MI ~ IIlsl u II lllt lllLil
! Hoist and swing the boats. Lower
away,'
Down went the boats, and down
went the crews. As the boats struck
| the water, every man WAS OH his
thwart, with his hand on the loom of
| his oar, and all at once the three boats
! were cutting their way through the
| water in the direction of the whale.
! W:Is lIIrpOOaer tO the mates boat, and
| she happened To bc the fastest gOer in
| the ship, SO that although We left the
! ship tOgcthcT, and for few rods kept
nearly head and head with each other,
! still we knew well enough that, us
soon as tine word came from the mate
to give way" We should drop the 9TH
ers in moment. so we did not fret
| ourselves, but kept cool for Il tight
pull, when the whale should show her
self on the surface of the water again.
/ which she did the moment after.
Here she is" cried the mate; "and
not over ten rods from the boat. Now,
boys, lay back hardi Spring hard,
| tell yOul There she blows! Only
give way, my boys, and she is ours"
| The boat bounded forward like a thing
of life. Spring like ti9ers." said the
mate. his voice sinking almost 10 Il
| whisper.
looked over my shoulder to see
what kind OF Il chance | was about to |
have, ut the same time gave Il pull at |
| the bow oar with all my might. We |
were going on our starbOard quarter; |
just the chance / liked 10 fasten 10 a |
whale.
"Stand upw shouted the mate; and |
in Il moment WAS on my feet, and in |
the next moment | had two harpOOnS |
To the bitches into her. "Stern, stern |
allT'-sung out the mate, us he saw
the irons in the whale. "Come here,
my boy" said he tU me. We shifted |
end, he to the head, and to the stern |
of the boat. The whale started off like /
lightning.
"IIOld ON. line" said the mate, and
Aaway We shot her like an arrow from
the bow. The mate by this time had
his lance ready. Haul me on to that l
whale" he shouted; and all hands
turned to hauling line, while | cOiled
it away in the Stern-sheets. We got
ne. Wy up to the whale when she took
to sounding, taking tine line right up
and down from the boat. | had two
turns of Il line round the logger head
and WIS holding on rs much as the
boat would bear when, all at once, an
other large whale, that we knew moth
ing about, shot up our whole length,
in slaniing position, hanging direct
ly over the baat. | threw off the
turns from the lOgger-head and
shouted 10 the men to stern
But il WAS of no use; she fell
the whole length of her body on the
boat. heard crash and as | went
down, felt Il pressure of water over
my head, caused, as | thought by the
whales Hunks as sho struck. How
long | WIS under water | know not;
but | remember that / tried very hard
to shove my head through in order to
breath. At last | succeeded; but what
a sight presented itself when / found
myself on the surface of the water?
About yard off was the whale that
we were fast 10, thr:IShing the water
into a foam with his llukes, the ocean
red with blood, and the crimson streams
pouring from the wounds made in the
whales side by the harpOOns. In an
other direction | could see pieces of I
the boat floating around. At the dis
tance OF two or three miles could Oc- i;
caSiOnally get glimpse of the ship as
rode on the top of Il swell, but not a
human being in sight. Not losing
heart or hope, | struck out for a piece
Of the stern of our beautiful boat but
a few rods distant The crew came up
one after another, catching ut any
thing they could see to keep them {
atlOat. One poor fellow came padding
along with two three oars under him,
crying out that his back WAS broken.
Another of the crew and myself cot {
him on the piece Of the boat we had
hold OF. His thigh WAS broken, poor
fellow, and he could not move his legs {
al all. The second mate soon after
picked us up in his boat, and SO much /;
had We been engaged in looking out
for ourselves that we now perceived
for the first time that one of our num- {
Der WAS missing. He was Il Young {
man, about seventeen years old, and
did not belong to the boat but went in
the place of the midship OarSman, who
WAS sick ut the time The whale fell
directly over him and probably killed
him in 4 moment. Il
With what feelings did we pull
around and around the spot where the
boat w;IS stove, unwilling to believe, {
even after we knew there was no hope,
that our shipmate was gone never
more TO returml How silently We {
glided alongside of tho ship. and hoist !
ed in our other poor shipmato now {
lamed for life! All, that some of those !
people who look upon sailors as little {
better than brutes, and who know lit :
tie or nothing of the kind feelings and
affections that are hid under their
rough outside, could have seen what l
saw on board that shin. Even they
would admit that il is always the pol ;
ished and educated that have the (.
warmest hearts or most generous feel
inTs.
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