Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-06-28

IT'S DESCRIBED ey ONE WHO HASN'T
DEPENDED ON BOOKS.

Grounds Evclting Situations.
The cz hunter of big fishes told about
whale hunting as w,s whale hunting
"rhcTc--sho-hlows, no says, is the
why that lnndsmen who know all about
whaling from reading Biographies and
story books would make the hail But
those who seek the whale IN his deep sea
lair instead Of in books tell about the
sighting Of the prey in these words, but
with an infection impossible TO reproduce
IN print, "Oh, ---, b-lo-wcsl"
at was IN the old whaling bark Ohio,
Captain Ellis, " said the narrator "that l
madc my first whaling voyage. That was
back in 1885. 1t Is Pacific and Arctic
whaling that | am speaking of.
"Whcn cruising in those waters in
search of whales, whaler always keeps
three men aloft during the daytime. An
officer OF the ship and that functionary OF
n whaling expedition known as the steer
err take their places in the GRO nest, on
tho main, and another lookout Is sent 70
the forctopgallant crosstrecs. An three OF
tho lool.outs arc furnished with marine
glasses, ana throughout their tour OF duty
aloft they carefully sean the horizon in all
directions
"Thcrc may be days and days, with
never a cry from aloft, and thcn, on sud
don viii he boar,l tho welcome hill 10 tho
decl- Of or -. bl-o.yypsr rho c,,,, cle,-
trlnes n crow ms docs sc,u hop from n
cruis,.r's rnaethoo,l ,,,hcn mn ono,,v i tho
quest
.,4'rpcart,in ipp,c,liotol,. ,,o,. ,loft o,,d
makes am cxau,oation If tho spoutcr
through Ills GLASS Intho Pacific and Are.
tic ,,atcrs t'.e, are two kinds Of whales
That hc,y..at- and tllr,, kinds that HOWELL
b9yo nat1,i1r f., do with Tho enccics bo
wants istln lovIe,l and srcrp iVbo ones
le does mon vant ar, the fubocl, hmm
back and sulphur bottom Tbesc NAV
have other names. but thev are NOT known
by any other to vhalers
"fTho c9rtafn is ourbled IN ton what
,nonpor of ,,.lal, IL T.. nv, tI,o ,,o4,,r, cf its
sDout 'Vlo et..,...,, ,,.boi, i. DISTINGUISHED
by the fan. lrehv sort of f,nrtain which
it,nroioct.i i.totho air II tho.e,o,,t. oro
M frcutaut i.ter,.ol ord If tbo v-,tor j.
thrown higl, i'm u slender iot. The c,ptoin
saws nothing that ls nice. drsccods from
his pcr,' md The ye.sel Mods olopf, her
WAY
oBut If fl!p. strpa.l +, low and rnuch dis
ncrs,.l tber, isa L-loi,,,,. orou,l of vords
ahl "a cl.g,.ir,., .,,3,. Of ,vb,lcboq+s An
,..'''',o ..','' va 49, an" iour vi tHc
~ - ''l' ''',''.'.' o.'G sJHO III pursuit
- 80 " '.'.'' my '''' - "l""l hcPV III
-. - - puI Only
's'i' i'''' '''' NO'' "i Do4lu TO Irlih sal1
''H NJ, 80 ".''i"
"''','' ia, q, '-oav ucl'o nearing ana
'"' ~ 's-l u ''' va, ,lli' uSh inc water
en- "1'0d l'."i'.''N" ~ sl-ChC canvas Is
p''v' NUE. - ,'-'''ch d NI!lc' ana theh
~ - o'' 10 .'''"'''o. No"' as LOT
u"'5 an" IoN '"'H' >u'' Is are IeIrcscL'.d
III 'ilS an" HlV'C OK" pictures oil Whalc
c"pIUrinH ""iio.''' I'M" Is an rank aD-
eur@"3 '' l4o-H OF an "ar Vould send
" "u'ie % '.' r'-l' I'oU1 pc.ofe you could
gDt "l'l4iH a quarter OIL IL mile OF INN.
4h'y are ii'lf'''r 10 creep up upon than are
the wa a'er OIL the forest
therefore, inc nos. icss SAIL Is used II
tnefc Is any hreeze' ana IL there j. not pad
ules such as tIo Nciih American Indian
uses in pfop'AIAE ms canoe are got out
ana the boat pushed toward the Ieyiathan
by cautious DIPS Caro- Is taken never to
splash Wafer aid tho men move about III
the boat IN stocklngcd feet.
" \ boat Is never stecrod near whales