The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-08
ward told me OF the Joy his letter had brought
his aged parents. and how happy he was to
hear from them. and for the rest OF tho voyage
his mail compared favorably with mine.
CHAPTER vi.
A RUN ASHORE.

we had finisSed we were allowed some e. liberty.
81 course there was tho usual rush for the 1t
tle public house. and as the Californla,s men
the at sse dqsns
noisy. We were each allowed six English shi-
i n to spend a. our tastes might Incline us:
ner the HOUSE, afforded. and we dinsd IN
squads. rabbit. and duck. and topped oil With
cigar S nm antgnated copy 81 the L2n
vas aso and maae
the the h host and his family Toward ng6t We
cause we found every ono half Gr wholly drunk.
I Rad struck e Peter Lee. essW
an athletic hall caste. who stood near BY.
MARCHED up to the agFressor sh fStt &,
"A ring was quietly formed. and when sssw
some man felt rather glad than otherwise:
ns was hs
within reaching distance than q straight loft
handler scnt him to the earth.
denod by the science hS could not, combat. tho
sailor ran forward with his head down. and:
in oiesins With vi iSs his opponept The straSso
Terminated is uncertain. but at that Instant
ths saor ss0 Sh aH tie liz ohe @
tight and, get drunk. and must. not be inter-
fered with. So the Maori paid fifteen shllings
for espopsinE Peters cause an. and the latter or
romark that il he Ind boon sober, he could
have thrashed q dozen like his assailant.
and finished repairing ship and taking water:
we left MonGonui June - and made II straight
three days. From thence We proceeded 70
Sunday Island. where we met the whaling bark
Alaska OF New Bedford. and found u towns
man of mino in tho cooper. and enjoyed
pleasant chat OF homo and mutual acquaint-
nnces.
The glorious Fourth was much like other
days. except that some ono stole n piece OF
tobacco which the Captain had carelessly left
an Mas Of
would be stopped. 1t 10 needless to say no
was soon produced.
until at last the old man BECAME disguised:
not having taken whale for tlya months. and
where We Intended to obtain fresh provisions
and fruit. Tho weather grew warmer as W.
gradually ran down toward the equator. and |
the hair OF most OF the white men. for which
received u stipulated amount of tobacco,
an enormous school Of whales, and although
three boats had excellent chances to strike.
hS aH TO RS
leaving US disconsolate. Oct. II. nearly eight
mn f, since We had GrGased or irons; we
100 barrels. and we began to tako courage
once moro.
report was We s' were Bound Tor tho Chatham
southeast Of New zealand; $1,000,
In n fcw days the weather grew cooler and
"soneSs." as tho ,whaler calls them, We
came seasick in a few minutes and We set him
Mt liberty again. He measured over ten feet
S tip and sszs tRr rsG tn c
linn up pow over the u!wsrHs into the wind. when
q his miraculous escape. which was owing to
the Captains superstition or kind-henrtod-
ness never knew which
81 porK se sher .aa o
manila rope Yarn and throw It among vH dock
pieco was, swallowed BY different birds and and
their flight was suddenly arrested. and either
one or the other would involuntarily disGorge
swallowed by another rayenous 'roney." and
the pieces OF pork would be swallowed and
the choice morsel.
Of striking large whale; but the mates boat
ElOoin Settleu over Oil nAnQS NJ our continued
Ill luck. AS for the mate himself will not
sully my. pages with the profanity in which he
INDUCED. but no wound up BY shaking his fist
under the poor fellows nose and saying:
old srandmother 30 years %Id. that couldn't id At
throw an iron better n you. I'd tic her heel, to
d--t to you'll"
The same i'll fortune attended us until ut
last we started for tho land, and on the first
day Of January. 1873. We dropped anchor at
Big Chatham Island, a large. dreary-looi-
Ing, and began Telling trees for fuel. The
wood was OF hard, yellow Kind OF which l
could not ascertain tho name. We cut the fall.
on troes into cord-wood lengths and piled it to
season. In order to have u supply when next
we touched there. The native name Of the
port Is Owangi. Whio Ia the woods acci-
dentnlly discovered field OF wild strawberries
and we sat down and satisfied our uppetites to
the utmost.
The natives OF. this place are an ofrshoot
from the New Zealand Maoris and there are
also hall dozen white settlers here engaged
in raising wool. which Is shipped to New Zen-
land in u trading schooner which calls twice u
year and Is tho only connecting link between
them and civilization.
Tho next day we got under why and ran
over to Pitts Island In company with tho bark
Alaska and dropped our anchor again. We
familiar wi III the history of the hardy old Eng.
lshman. whose lifo almost equals that OF Rob-
inson Crusoe in many respects. to whom pro-
pose to devote IL short chapter.
CuADrER