The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-05-16
Haatins whale.

whale huutiag as vas whale huutins.
Ihfre- she blows, he SAYS, is the vsy
that laudsmeu ~bo tuo~ sIl about Hha''
tug from rcsdinR Biographies and story
books ~ouli make the hsll Bot those
q ho seek the ~hsie 10 ,he deep ses lair 10
stead Of 10 books tell shout tho biehtine
~ the prey ia these words, cut wlth an 40
lection impossible to rel rodace 10 pnnl
"Oh. ----- hihoiwlsl
II was 10 the old whaling bark Ohio,
Captain Ellis, said the narrator. that ]
IN sde my fret whaling voyage This Was
back in 1856 1t is Pacific aud Arctic
vhahng that attn speskins OF
Waeu cruising 10 those waters ~ search
Of whales. whsler always keeps three
men aloft dunug the daytime, An otlicer
OF the ship aud that lunetiousry OF Sbsi
ing expedition kBosn as The 'sleeret take
their places 10 the Gro nest, on the msin,
and another lookout is sebtlio the fofetop
gallant crosstees All three OF the look
outs are furnished With marine glasses, and
throughout their tour OF duty sIoft they
carefully sean the horiznn in ell direo
uons.
There may be days and days. With never
a cry from sloit, and then, on sudden,
will be heard the welcome bail TO the deck
Of OBJ, blowet The cry eleotrities
a crew as does, Sail. boI from cruz
ser's masthead when al enemy is the
quest,
The csptaln immediately goes slolt aud
makes an eIaminstion OF the spouter
through his glass, 10 the Pacific and Arc
tic waters there are two Kinds OF whales
that be wants aud three Kinds that be VIII
have nothing to do with. The SPECIES he
wants is the bowhesd and sperm. The
ones he does rot want are the tinbacE,
humpback aud sulphur bottom. Theae
may have other names. but they are not
known by any other to sbalers.
The captain IL enabled to tell what man
ner Of whale it is by the nature Of its
spout The sperm whale il distinguished
10y the foil, bushy sort of fountain which
it projects into the Sir. II the spouts are
at frequent intervals. aud il the water Is
thrown high 10 Il slender let the captain
sa 3 nothing that IL nice, descends from
bis perch and the vessel plods along her
way.
But if the stream IS low snd much dis
persed there is bracIng around otysrds
and a clearing away Of whaleboats, All
hands are called on deck, and four OF the
five boal4 are manned and sent 10 pursuit !
OF the whale One boat is always kept IN
reserve ia case of emergency, but only !
enough men are kept on board TO Trim sail
aud work ship.
Whales have a most acute hearing, and
the swi Of the boat through the water
even when propelled by silent canvass, Is
often enough to frighten Il whale. and then
be is of like locomotive. Now, ~ Tor
oars aud rovlocks such MS are represented
Ia this and most other pictures OF whale
capturing exploits, that is oil rank absurd
iry. The splash OF an oar would send
whale to the right about before You could
get within quarter Of mile oil him
They are harder TO creep upon than are
the wild deer Of the forest,
Therefore the noisless sail is used II
there is any bte,2a, aud If there is not pad
dies such a. che North American Indian
uses IL propelhng is canoe are got out
aud the boat pushed toward the IeViathsn
by caulions dips Care IS taken never to |
eplash wstrr and the men move about 10 |
the boat 10 stockInged feet
A boat is never Steered uear whales
head or near his tail. A blow from bi
tail would smash boat into kidding !
wood and biz JAWS are generally big |
euongh TO crush a bost ss essily as . mt
cracker can break filbeH Care, there
fore, Is taken to steer clear Of the danger.
ous extremities aud to sneak alongside the |
monsters vast body
The steerer meanwbile has taken his
station 10 the bow Of the boat, the oficer |
10 charge bang at the steering oar. The
bost nears the big hulk Of flesh, ana when
near enough to strike the steerer hurls the !
mtssiIe which he has held poised 10 sir
and aIms to strike the whale Just sbait the
flo.
The hsrpcon you are speaking OH quer
led the reporter.
Well. II issg gun and a harpoon oombin /
ed, On one end OF short wooden sdait
detachable iron hsrpoOn is fitted. On
the head Of ihe same sbsit Is fitted dyns
mite guu, pointed at the end, but not de
tschable from tbs shsit, Harpoon aud
fuu cut into tue fesb at the same time. A
rusfp lsrk backward detsches the bsrpoon .
which remaiue fast 10 the whsle, ant at
the same time eIplodes the dynamite car
trIge
If tbs ste,ter'ssIm has been true, the
cf.a have nothing more 10 do except 10 .
h.rF water quickly aud Sstch the mon
.l. &. dying agonles Tbst sometlWes nap /
L., .but most often the whsle Ia ouly mad /
q. ..~o by the ~ouad, aud, plugging under
zoe. .surfser With mssistrOm ssIrl shlch +
L.n -. .nps hts pu0y enemy, starts s~sy .
ui,b tie sprrd Oi al express,
Th~a com,s the retirement sod The dan .
ln- lIae vLich is fastened 10 tie .
.bafpoun ~ Ias ont 20 fast that the spOd'
v,fl -n,otes where Il ru'hrs ovet tho r'iT. 4.
o. heaven cave uBy oae ~bo breomrS eu F.
Ia slei Ia the zlpplibg cDllsi TIE Wing
plry uusr would cot man ~ t~o OF sm
put.te q lea or al .ra. quicker tL.u cI-av