The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-06
WHALES OFF BLOCK ISLAND.
THREE MONSTERS HtVINa 4 JoLLr
TIME WITH THE FISH.

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The FIrst One Dropped In Ten Days Ago,
mud since His Companions Joined Him
There Has Been n Daily Froiic In tho
| wstcr-pIenty OF Fish and the Water just
Cool Enough There for n whale Picnic.
SToNINaroN. July 30-The ocean II Iairlv
brlstlng with fsh. big fish. too. whales. To
hunt whale 1t is necessary only to hop
aboard any kind OF n craft at this old seaport
and take spin to Block Island. fifteen mics
Off the coast 1t il great snort to watch
whales daily frollckinR and feeding in the
sparkling waters only few miles from tina
island in Block Island Sound. Whale No.
! came ten days ago then a second. and final
a third They like the island waters. cvl-
| IDENTIFY. and find the fishing capital there;
hence they hug the shores Of the dim little isa
| and linRer day after day. They are Just FAR
| enough at sea to show up we'll to the people N
| shore and on summer excursion boats rlyrg
| In the turbulent sound. Thcy appear to be law
| ing great sport. with one to modest or make
them afraid Now they settle slowy down into
the depths OF the ocean. disappear. and alters
long time reappear mistily. as seen thro.ph
the sea haze. Then they fling tall column Il
spray high In the dir. that, curving like fouu.
tain Jet, returne to the sea with splash tnat
10 seen but not heard by the spectators, 80 far
away are tho whales.
The messengers on tho summer boat. tho
Block Island, from Norwich. and tho United
States mail steamer Danleson. from New
York. watch the great fellows through opera
glasses for moro than two hours daily all the
way from Watch Hill or Point Judith hoih
going to and returning from the island The
big fish shrewdly sojourn in waters that are
outside the track OF coasters. and venture not
within o mile OF the shore. lest with their
heavy draught they may get stranded on tho
rocky shore. 1t Is several years since whales
visited the southern New England coast be-
fore. They are safe enough there. and seem
to know 1t, because longshore fishermen OF
these waters have no means with which to bag
them. 1.-THE whales sought to spend the sum-
mer at Cape Cod. or even of the south shore Of
Long Island. doubtless score OF whale hun
ters would be after them in heavy boats with
barb lances and spears. very quickly and ina
ana ichthyoloEIcal eynerts, sSy that ne
Sound. with their many and shifting ocean
currents giving off ozone are superior to an
with which they TEEN. and whalers are excel
lent. enthusiastic. persistent nN-round iIsh;
JUDGES of pscatoea 1en matters. know a goa
Ts OF AK % hsy s bar
sopnd merely for their health or pleasure
them T. hunt iish ana feed: say ths few fisher:
so@ar y saiiy Nina hand sS
mackerelmen from Giopcester. who have been
sMfo1fhs 4,ov sS between Gay
f1aa s;o sss ss
Of mackerel four miles off Block Island. on
tho nGrthern coast Of the island, early IL the
They were pulling in great NUM- ers, Of mighty
sR and 81 haS
forecast Of making an incom parably rich haul.
rose above the surface Of the sea- and prompt!
Gspsled their rosests dream q barrel Of
na took *, IL w''H was they
&c hs town nshSS
OF the ,piscatorial art. The Gloucester
alter e.. %hae ssn seof cut
%sS Ike ! nssk s o S safs a
forth through ths gigantic shoals q mackerel.
seemed to realize. the Gloucester men said
less 100 was hunting them. and they rushed In
Desperation almost upon the stony Block
ed with their tum ultuous and eccentric onset
4. II would be hard for q man that never saw
ed sailors. to believe that SO big a fellow asa
eSua T the shngHs
cRsrs and hoSsh they ResHed tie OCEAN ns
l, g great pillows IN their rapid pl9nges and
Iupns the IKE were no match Tor them in
Of mackerel You could see whole barrels OF .sl.
great handsome fellows. the iusty Biz, Spanish
the ocean. 1t was tantaliZing to fishermen to
have W ,I barrelius q NJ ilsh; worth
the bio e eis~ss hS %as sS ~
actually tame and cut out a course ali about
s Vessels ss In pursuit Of their prey Hnh 80
70 US down ana q sher %ss as II s
he'll, AZ skill as sailors aud fishermen came in.
ssdlo a1an SO much as craze the oont in their
ma 5s th9bIgh I've seen whales feed before N
md 3D. meyer y, saw them on tho coast, In tho agt.'
il they presumed to roll up out % Of the tie ocean
the be- %ea e al rHa ths
md you can make up your mind we'd nail
,nS or two sIre before the world was twenty
y! The Block Island whales were first sighted
slsnd boat to the ISLAND ten days y ago. D She
aPeve tbsm ghas put bad end
n0 the western horizon with her Held glass.
ough pillows of "Clay Head" u nils
Rom Ss b sn%Ts she ,s suddenly exclaimed There
e.io,usly, at her presumptSous land lndsw 81"
PRS ThGrs d dh. YER. But she went on:
lows, three blows! Why. the seas inll OF
, na s Then she appealed to the skipper.
no ne promptly confirmed the truth Of her
s I at her crestfal len critics. and since
pen me three whales have been called the
pparently, are of Block Island to spend the
ummsr although on one day this week they
SSegsd SO, AZ FAR landward that the guests at
'atch Hill mad distant glimpse OF them.
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