Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-11-20
TO CONTINUE HER CRUISE
THE wHALER GAYHEAD WILL
SAIL TOMORROW.


n representative VI tulS paper
spent a very pleasant hour with
Captain Charles IL. Foley of the
whaling bark Gayhead and his
amiable wife this morning, listen
ing to "reminiscences of their re-
cent voyage.
Captain Foley halls from Nan
tucket, Mass, where he has a
pleasant home and where the ship
is owned. He left San Francisco
on the 22d of February Of this
year with the understanding that
if he obtained 5000 pounds of
whalebone any time within two
years he was to return at once.
So far he has been blessed with
good luck, having already sent
home $500 pounds, now valued at
81 per pound. The catch of oil is 400
carrels to date, obtained from
four whales. He values the pro-
ceeds of his present cruise SO far
at $4,000.
When the Gayhead left the
Arctic regions he left about
thirty sailing vessels there besides
several steam whalers. OF the
sailing ships a few had one whale
and the other none. The steamers
had one and two each. The Gay
heads luck is ascribed to the pre-
sence on board of the captain s
wife, who is regarded by the
sailors as the ships mascot. Two
whales were caught on Zodiac
within sight of Mount st. Elias,
where Captain Foley cruised for
a time, another was taken in
Dehring sea and the other in the
Arctic.
During his voyage Captain
Foley ran across several U. s.
revenue cutters and he speaks
very highly of the kindness
shown him by their officers
on every possible occasion. Cap
tain Tuttle of the Bear volunteer
ed to take down a head of whale
bone, weighing 1900 pounds and
worth $4,000 to Ounalaska, which
saved him from carrying it to the
Arctic and back, besides enabling
the owners to realize on it sooner.
Captain Roberts of the Rush gave
him tow out of Ounalaska which
was the means of his capturing a
$1,000 whale the next day. He
met the U. S. Grant at st. Paul
and at Zodiac and each time Cap.
tain Smith kindly took charge of
letters and parcels to be forwarded
home. When he last saw Captain
Tuttle of the Bear, that ship had
just rescued the crew Of the whal-
ing brig Hidalgo on Point Hope
in the Arctic and was taking them
along to Port Townsend.
At Ounalaska Commodore
Hooper of the revenue fleet did
everything possible to add to their
comfort. At st Paul Captain
Foley become acquainted with
Mr.. Townsend, who is attached to
the Albatross, but for the time
being is stationed at st. Paul
TO gather facts relative to the des-
truction of the seal herds in con
junction with some English com
missioners who are investigating
the same subject. Captain Foley
says that last year between 10000
and $4,000 seal pups persisted
from starvation owing to their
mothers being killed off by hunt
ers. He states plainly that if the
present state of affairs continues
the seals are doomed to total des-
truction in a very few years.
Mrs. Foley, who has been in
poor health for a number of years
accompanied her husband on this
voyage in the hope that she might
thoroughly recuperate. She was
doing well until the ship encount-
cred n heavy storm III the
Arctic. Captain Foley has been
cruising in those regions since
lS68,and this was by far the worst
gale he ever experienced. II
drove the solid ice foe from lati,
tnda 70 ia 90 in fnnr 1ays C,,oiled