The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08
Hunting Whales.

those WHO seek inc Whale Ill 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-l-o-wes"
at was in the old whaling bark Ohio,
Captain Ellis, said the narrator, THAT
made my first whaling voyage. That was
back in 1886 1t is Pacific and Arctic
whaling that | am speaking Of
when 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
whaling expedition known as the steer.
err take their places in the Gro nest, on
the main, and another lookout Is sent TO
the foretopgallant crosstrees. All three of
the lookouts are furnished with marine
glasses, and throughout their tour of duty
aloft they carefully scan the horizon in all
directions
"There may be days and days, with
never cry from aloft, and then, on sud
den, will be heard the welcome hail to the
deck of Oh, -, b-l-o-wcsp The cry cleo
trifies crew as does Sail, ho' from n
cruisers masthead when an enemy Is the
quest
1.-The captain Immediately goes aloft and
makes an examination of the spoutcr
through his glass In the Pacific and Arc
tic waters there are two kinds of whales
that he wants and three kinds that he will
have nothing to do with The species he
wants is the bowhcad and sperm The ones
he does not want are the fnback, hump
back and sulphur bottom These may
have other Names but they are not known
by any other to whalcrs
1.-The captain is enabled to tell what
manner of whale it is by the nature of its
spout The sperm whale is distinguished
by the full, bushy sort of fountain which
it projects into the air If the spouts are
at frequent intervals, and if the water is
thrown high in IA slender jet, the captain
says nothing that is nice dcscends from
his perch, and the vessel plods along her
way
" But if the stream is low and much dis
persed there is Il bracing around of yard,
and Il clearing away of whaleboats All
hands are called on deck, and four of the
five boats are manned and sent in pursuit
of the whale One boat is always kept in
reserve in case of emergency, but only
enough men are kept on board to trim sail
and work ship
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