Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-22
HRf.woRsAIppIMa WHALES.
a rssis 81 shs Mig Hsnnars CHAR.
sessr Described ~ . marine
Lecturer.

Nse York 'ExeAssgs.
The wind was too high for towing the
dry dock containing the whale which
was brought 70 this city, from the foot
OF Stanton street to the Fulton Mar
ket alp. and the pr~opristors, Msssrs.
Mstthswson & Swift, took the general
public into the ahow tent for IS cents
apiece. The dry dock was crowded all
day. At one time during the afternoon
an old whaleman mounted tho back Of
the whale and enlightened the crowd
with Q description Of the habit Of these
species.
"This Il . Anback whale, 20 called
from this peculiar narrow nn that you
sse IN his back. Then there ID the
humpbssk, which has . peculiar hump
on it, back. and then the sperm whale,
% called from the oil u yields. II IL
the most valuable Of all and this
kind IL the least valuable. The
whale, gentlemen, IL not o nsh-it Is
an animal; has warm blood and
nurses its young. The Assh Of . whale
II ooarser than beef, but IL by no means
bad eating. I'd . heap sooner eat whale
than much Of the beef that owners Of
ships have put into casks and sent 10 sea
for ~sailors' food. Then there's another
thing; when you smells whale oil you
turns up your noses, cause its rancid,
but when It's fresh the case OF . sparm
whale Il 10 - sweet ~ any lard that
ever was tasted, and whom We are a-tryin'
OF II We biles our doughnuts into u and
uses u for any kind Of oookin' whore
short'nin's required. A whale - Q gin
sral thing II q harmless animal. II 1t
wasn't 90 the whales oolld easily have
rid the ocean OF ships, whereas the
ships has nearly rid the ocean Of whales.
But ! tell you there's nothin' under
heaven 20 hard a. . sparm whales head.
II you strike granite you can break 1t,
but the head Of q whale II 20 hard and
springy that Il won't neither break, bend
nor bruise. The ship Esssx, Cappen
Paddock-and Il wa him that spun me
the yarn-sailsd from Nantucket to the
Pacific. One mornin' four Of his boats
vas away, and one Of 'sm struck . calf
whale, which 70 snrassd its mother that
she ran at the ship and struck Il . tre-
msndous blow under the port quarter.
Then she went OF two or three
hundred yards, and then come
at the ship asin, striking just in
the Same place and stavin' . hole into
1t. The ship sunk; the crew embarked
In her Ave boats; four Of the boats
weren't never hserd tell on; the fifth
boat got finally TO land with Ave Of the
crew. This Ave had ate the sixth man
Of the crew. Tell you what there's
somsthin' poetic, almost romantic, bout
the manner OF the death Of . while.
We are the viotors, We are the conquer.
ors; We amt got nothin' to do just then
but to 60 Of to n side and see him
die. In his agony be swims round and
round In . circle. and all we've got to
do II to keep outside Of that circle.
Throw Q bucket inside OF that circle
throw an oar. anythin'-hsM ohaw It
up. Then he goes into his furry and
lashss the water With his tail at q great
rate. Then Just ct the last, just afors
he dies, he Just raises his head and mills
round Just ~ I'm p'intin' now. to'ards
the ssttin' sun, and 20 hs dies"
"Supposin' It's In the mornin'f" said
an interested listener.
ct most always aint," said the old
man; "but II It's In the mornin' he
turns 10 the risin' sun. BE turns to
the SUI anyhow. II the suns . sbinin',
and whenever We sees him q doin' that
va says, Hes millin' round and we
know that his eend 10 NIGH"