Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-09-05
KILLING A WHALE.
fCOpyrirlt. 1898,

whale. Then the man next the bow peaks
his oar-that is, pulls 1t Inland lays II
sticking up at the head OF the boat nj an
angie OF ABOUT 5o degrees 10 Keep IL from
getting INTO the water IN chse we nave
swift run. lie then takes his iron ana
throws 1t INTO the whale ana runs to the
stern. Inc Whale may sometimes DC lying
asleep on inc water put ne is almost al
ways awake, at least by the tlmc we come
up WIN NM Tic starts on as soon us no
feels the lroh' ana sometimes sounds or
ulNcs ana swiins unu"r water, hut not very
olton' especially inc sperm Whaic' Ana
aitcr ne has run awhile sc stops ana mas
hurry as we call lt-he SNAKES all over
and struggles violently. Ihen Is the time
to spear HIM. II you don't XII hlh then,
you probably never Will
The killing is done with lance about
10 feet long with u sharp point some
tlnos maze rounding Ut thc emu puu py
some thought better When square III
should, however, be held with the Hat lald
sideways, and not up and down, because
then, II 1t hts RIB, 1t Is moro sure TO
glance ana 90 IN right
Ihc best man l ever had WIN me was
Shlhhecock lnuIah from inc eaSV emu "a
Long Island. lilo vas with me seven years
hnd rendered me Important service III some
cases III Whlch / lloughV any oIncr man l
ever knew WOULD nave peen uhhpie TO act
qultc III tlinc' OF with Sullicleh1 strehBlh'
cuolll'sS anu uoHterltV
ono uay was out Win MN ana =
Wlialo Foue my poat-'nat IS ho came
up ana Threw hlnlscl1 rlght across INC
nlluuie Oh u, ana OIL course prohe " III tWo
ana instantly threw us an INTO inc sea l
pellcNc NC ulu IL ny accluollt' coming upon
Us III 'lslt manner mcrely because we nap
pencd 10 Tic IN ms way. rccoNorcu my
sell ana got into the mates boat ana
hclpcu 10 get IN my boat crow IN"
Wllale III lew minutes mace ms appear
ahcc again ane'u OF W. put ulu not Cd
servo hlih' Inc poat was croNuou' having
Two crews III, ana was slllhR WIN d
lance IN my mana ana Vhe lno Whlch We
ioiec" ~ IL aoouu my ioeC' 6uuuchiy HlN
lhdlah caIIou 10 me:
LOOK ne coming
saw the WhaIc swimming down r'eh'
toward us just ready, thouRht' 10 strlko
our pp"S Win HIS neat hau h'"ru 1t
SAID that If you prick whale IN tho nose
IL Will STOP mn llhheulatelY, rs III seems
to take him right aback and he Will sud
denly slop anu turn away. ueterinihU
to try 1t and struck him with my lance
ana wounded nm deeply put ne ana not
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