The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-09-12


crcd the forcsal and let her steer herself
50 she has not stopped for the Who'll
week. Sailed, SW i70 miles.
Saturday, November 18th This wee
! passed with light and steady trade winds
weather clear and pleasant with the rN
ccption OF fcw passing rain squalls an,
one calm which lasted Tor about thru.
hour, the wind varying from ME- 20 Sc
thcre has hccn grcat many small hsl
following the boat and tho sharks gav
me grcat deal Of trouble. they used /,
come when was asleep Just a little bc
/ fore daylight and would turn on then
/ sides, and. in doing so would stink,
/ the bottom Of the boat a trc
mendous blow. which would alway,
| awaken me, their object was to run along
the bottom Of the boat with their mouA
/ clo~c 90 TO- ana thus scoop In the small
/ FISH that wouh bc following the boat
/ thcir umc Tor hunting prcy was after the
sun went down. then during the night
and bctorc sun risc I'M the morning
and during tho doy, when tho sun would
/ ~ shining, they would kcep awuy frcu
the boot still kccpug within sight Of her
and as sOou rs O. sluall would como up. sp
that 10 would he "a little dark. they would
mokc t1r tho b'at and the fish again. m,
nsh gonoully would SWIM under the lsot
tom VI the b,gt, and when they would Scg
the sharks coming after thcm thcy would
cr'vd to tho top Oi the water and kccp
clo~D to thv side vt the lo0t hy So doing
thcN wau8g,d to- kccp clcai " the
sharks I ticd everything to kcop the
sharks away but with httlc stcccssl I
stuck tbcm with tbc gtUius shot AZ them
with my ur,ol,or amt n fact did ever,
thing I vUuj think VI However, the
sharks iu uwc hyauc "a little shy whcu
thvN saw mr about Thou their time was
whcO I wout to slvylh sa that I g,t an old
sb'U ami sol 20 ur thc s0mr a. " was
stcouug tho h13J which would answer
soUvuwva Go kgop tbDw away Lat at
IA .sNM
No,omlsl lNh rhcro vssa s,hool ~
hrgr dolphluz following tbv togb anil
while a hya,N ratu -guaU was passing
the sbNrks gol aWvug tbvm and vvcmr,l
to dispatch quite % uuWDcr ut thrm lo
tNrr tbvN yuUN E,J NUt N thotr Naoh
1ldNN. Nu,vmlvI liIh Tho wind tor
thv past Wvok has rrcu bght anal steady
uo yaluts, lUt "a few Passing rain equals
tbc Usb ami sharks kvIt attrr the Noat,
alvo quite @ number ut soa mUls IN sight
Ntp pm sighted rail to the southwark,
aud UltorO nay yuUt-r o. ,pcak o. heT
Whom they saw my noat thcy how o. and
WUltcl t1g motoEat alng7llr lbcy oskrl
uJv Vbvro wa, uvm And ,comcd -omc
what surprised Whru | told thsm san
tIWuyj-co, and thai, I wa, alone Tho
vessel was tho hIkyUtiuv .uU.-01HH, Capt
Burns, @ few days hom Tahiti, hound
tog san Francisco a,kcd what ms
longitude was And found lt WIS 40, o.
" Ito todd mu ms position was @ goOd
uuy, 10 I was hound iur Australia, and
kindly asked 10 he rolld do anything for
me. I thanked him Con tho information
had gut, aud todd hmm | did not want fu
anything hut huped hr would import me
lu san Francisco Ito said ho would and
gave nue. -omr fruit was then 10 days
out irom san Francisco After hc gave
mv the fmItWv parted wishing each good
luck aud d pheasant voyage. THIS was the
first vessel that / had chance ui speak
IuE since | started ou my voyage, and
was pleased To- have @ chance 10 exchange
a few wuri- u- well a- 90 Ice reported in
San Francesca. Lat ll,5O 5, long 1902
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