The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-12
THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE
rr7,-1 17!cIDEN23 AND DAR'
~ NEEDS ON LAND AND SEA-

4 Homeric Fight atsea-A 6icyc''st,s !
"a nnr;lous rrip-An Eagle Defends
Its Nest.
cruising in the Strait a a,
IA I OF Malacca, between the t. T.,
Wv Nicobars and the Malay -"
= y Peninsula, says o writer w. w.
in Nature, and had succeeded IN n k nas Ii
inc a full.sized sperm whale he haa N
been tough customer, needing oil h,
our energies to cope with him; but q =
"a1, directed bomb closed the nego' - -
tiaticns just before sunset. +,
me whale was secured alongside, =;
and all hands seut below for gooa, -
rest nrior to commencing to ''cut II "
at davbreak. had the watch from =
e;cht bells to midnight, and At aoouS =
i'm. n. was leaning over the lee ral' !
id]y = gazing seward, where the risl II;
moon was making broad lane OF sli. I
verv light upvn the smooth DARK
waters. Presently there was com,
MOTION in the sea, right in the way OF
the moon. and Immediately went 1or
tue night glasses to ascertain IS posi-
ble. the nature OF it. In that ne'el
Horhood there ore several active vol
canoes. and ct first Judged the pres
> ant disturbance to be one OF THESE
) sending up debris from the sen oeo.
A very short examination sat.sheo me
' that the trouble, whatever it might
q he vas not OF volcanic or seismic OIL
Q oin I call the captain, as IN dusy
L Sonnd but he was indisposed to turn
d ont for anything short OF actual dan'
l. ger; so the watch and had tne s's Ill., ~
Ourselves. We edged away a little
st under the light draught OF wind, so as
to 1raw nearer to the scene, and pres,
g. entlv were able to realize its foil
or SIGNIFICANCE. A very largo sperm
ed whale was engaged in deadly con1lc'
X With q monstrous squid, whose ier'
70 rooch;nc tentacles enveloped the
mt whales whole body. -,
st. The liyid whitcness Of those with
N, inc arms. Which enlaced the cachelo
'p' like a nest Of mighty serpents, 500,
len ont in bold relief against the olac1
wv, howlderlike head Of the aggressor
his Presently the whale raised Itself ha'
leir ont of the water, aud We plainly SO,
ter. the avful.lookinS head OF the glgens'
and mollusk. At our distance, somethin
nal' nnder a mile, it appeared about tt
afe. s;7a If one of our largest oil cask
was which held 33G gallons. Like the re
We If the calmar visible, it was OF q pec'
has l;ar dead white, and IN it gleamf
two ewes Of inky blackness, about
Inc foot in diameter.
this n describe the wonderful contc
ome tions Of those two monsters locked
ged. deadly embrace, is far beyond Il
ock' powers, but It was never'1o'oe't'
eotteu sight. The utter absence OF
whls' sound. for we were not near ehou
life. IN hear the turmoil Of the trouo
ertha sea was not the least remarkable
not +ura Of this Titanic encounter.
when a.orrd the combetante, too, "
aned. either smaller whales or 1mme
sharks. who were evidently assist
. u.s.. in the destruction Of the great SO
Don't md getting a full share OF tho 'e
tears AS We looked spellbourd we So"
heeks. writings gradually cePse ana 'n ss
I can circlipg tentacle gradually slip OH
whales body, which seemed to
unusually high. At last oil o was
1inded and the whole commotion compile
ourseliit subsidized, leaving no trace BEHIND
;avor. an intensely strong odor as OF =
that coast at low tide in the full ola'
lstinct' the sun. Since that night nave 4
face had doubt either as to the or'gl
oil sea serpent stories or the au,
ticitv of the old Morse legends Of
rderer. kraken; for who could blame a SCI
most witnessing such sight, and oil !
=. lshl- customed to the close otserva1l
ntering whales, for reporting some 1ea1
harmed monster with horren' 4'no "n>'
reached ing ''many rood?'- Nature