The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-29
CHAPTER Xxx.
iE CATCH 4 TARTAR.

the Splendid and took ono large whale with
| out accident. but as a heavy gale struck us
Slowed down seventy .ei sht barrels o! oil
sweeping 'i 9Th the hcrHoa care@lly with my slSs;
for whales. while both tho Alaska and Splendid
S whq s"W shs
vessel and our owr. aud hailed tho deck i'm
ms,i!ately with tho welcome cry;
At the same time tho man at the mzzen
*splana!lds got her whale colors at the
Our wei trained crew. were quickly at their
shssa 81 the etnsr yesses ' ena WITH ceert
, which would have done credit to man Of war
sns three the
sturdy chaps could send them. The splendid
were able to set their sails. and in spite Of our
" eou iGa reSeh the had
earcely entered tho whales side. however
boat literally to pieces. The crew were picked
up by another Of their ., boats s, while stu
sc ns nnd s
The boat having a double crow aboard re-
turned to tho shin to land the unfortunate VIC
to do battle with the monster. lie was a grz-
zled old veteran an ex prize fighter from Ans.
tralia. and had but one eye. tho other having
been cougcd out i'll the ring.
At this time we arrived upon tho scene and
offer help in such cases and If il is, nccepted
the two ships share equally IN the oil which is
from the %h Wiz Ihe %a e"W re-
"Hrll xiii the blooming ish without ep!''
lance him. When m again az the broad ukes shot
into tho air and pieces Of broken oars: irons
crew clung to the fragments Of their craft. cali,
ing to us to come to their assistance, Ny boat
Wills Ills tn the Old Second mate came swimming
along to meet us Just before he reM.hed us
pect and coolly bit Of large piece. swimming
with one hand as he did So We picked him
d his up and for the
the task Of killing the whale. which was les-
ursly Jogging along short distance away.
ance AZ the whale was heading directly to-
ward their ship, Another whale made his APP
pear pearce eloss by them however, and they
y, Our mate succeeded in coming UP with tho
Whale. and pulled up to him only to share tho
late Of bis predecessor and with his usual
his Soa Wits his crsw
Things began to look serious. but our seco nd
mate. prof1tinH by the experience OF the 9th ,r
boats. pulled up within shooting distance II
the whale and sent bomb into his II; side. whit h
had despatched another boat to tho scene. ard
our mates crew was picked up and taken On
I
two crews were considerably mixed. and we
had lost three boats batween us. and the
Splendid had six men badly bruised and unit
for duty.
I should have mentioned that after being
stove. the second mate OF the Splendid gladly
accepted our. offer, OF assistance. Conse-
Uuently half the whale was ours. Every ha =
poon has the ships name cut upon it with n
cold chisel. and the whale belongs to the 81 In
whose iron is first drivin into his hide. Shorlld
a whale escape after being struck and aft,,r-
ward be. be killed 9y another ships crew. as is
all the whale not actually in on deck must y,
given up to them. Ofcourse this rarely ha,-
pens. for II a strange iron is discovered in !.
whale after he Is dead 1t Is quickly cut out al Ill
dropped overheard. and all evidence OF pl o.
viOus claims Is thus removed
We tool! the whale to our ship. as tho Sple n
did was shorthanded. and obtained 10 barrels
of oil from him.
For the next week we had our hands fNl re-
lhirlng our boat. setting UP irons. b"ndi a.,
new lines. in addition to trying out the whaic
did was engaged in repair ing her losses as
best she could one bont being a total loss. For
a wonder We had fine weather all the time. and
the three ships lay near each other. while tho
slick" from our dead whales attracted sea
birds 81 all kinds by thousands. Against the
Captains orders tho men caught number Of
alDntross at night. and after removing tho
feathers. secured the down. which il over an
inch in length. with which they stuffed their
pillows and mattresses.
When we were in working order once more.
We gave tho Splendid her share Of the whale.
and soon after We were alone once more