The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-14

that piece was fast 10 the line and the
line was fast t. the whale. lie passed
US like shot. reaching out his hanus
and shouting. Bill. 1911! Save me SaNe
me-" lie had no sooner said II than no
was gone. Presently the whale went
down. the piece OF boat went with nm,
and the stroke oaTsman was lett at VIZ
mercy of the waves. good distance
away. Meanwhile the other three noal'
were coming mp. and just as he hau e.,
haustod himself struggling 10 Keep on
top. the third mates boat reached MN.
lie was rescued and then the rest Oh u'
were picked uD. 4-.
Nothing remained OF our small boat
The 800 fathoms OF line were gene "'
We're also the lanccs. harpoOns, ana INC
two buoys. one OF the other boats. now,
ever. put for the whale ana capture"
him.
Now VIXEN was clineing 20 that buoy
the Bible story a. Jonah and the Whhe
came forcibly 90 my mind. and wonoe!
ed II / was doomed 10 go through Jonah
ut the ships side and we were cutting
him in / tod the boys OF these Feelings
They urged me 10 20 through the whale
throat. and resolved TO uu SO WhNh il7
head came ON dech. 10 uel4ollel'"'T Ig.,
possibility OF Jonah's experience. oid
NOT then believe I'm the Bible. but l vcr-
ided the whale story for when the head
was on the deck / went through the
throat as easily as had crawled through
bars when a boy.
Tho head containing the spormacou
of is always cut from the trunk gnu
bauled i'm whole. OF course, the whale
80. conc win Il. and they measured
80, rom oieht y twelve feet When
we killed other whales. from .illi, ~ .l.l'',
some OF the men lifted up % the lo"et
1vo,iid crawl through tho throat Nol
down where Jonah went, but TO the
deck. This / did more times IMAM nav
fingers and toes. 10 should ne Ietu,''i u''
ed that in each case we cfaWieu tii o,'-i
the throat Il O dead whale. IL, Whet
s I,o ''' v.boio had n throat 20 admit
me then Weighing 80 pounu
,,hat would Dee the possloillty
~ live. mad. and hungry
whale? Although a sperm whale Us iai se'
the b0whcad whale is much larger WIZ
a throat not only capable OF eWalloM "'7
a well-built man. but ln my luus d. l, D,
aocd-sized horse or COW. Ihu5 '"i
TeadiIv be understood how ana why
am so emphatic Zoo my remarks .r 'i'
Iecinniug of this article. Mou,n iul
Their say that al the stories a"n ''ii '''
,.,triorl that have ever been o. l-'i aili
dated i'm reference 90 the inabiiiE OF L
,,-hola 10 swallow "a man are Simply ave
qurd. ! am % eQcnuo TO ,'i,-.l' "l'.''
whatever men rBlv say tI ueHNN' guy.
coruin. the veracity or the WondeItul
..'.iai' .torv of the Bible. not one lot or
tifie of il ought 10 be absted, modined'
or left out. ,,.-, - 900. .li..
unless nfs bead ia toward the SUM- some
ttr,.- tho skies would be overcast when
We killed Il whale. but when tho cloud
,.orid vanish 10 would be seen that his
bead was toward the sun. ] never kne"
OF "a whale 10 be otherwise. cannot eN-
plain it. nor did / ever hear it eNp. liite'
I'M somehow. ] have an idea that GOO,
the creator OF this mOnstrous creature.
las given MI mthe instinct &c turn 10 the
iiqbt while he is sinking in darkness ana
death Is not this a. lesson 10 Jne Nisnet
dasnair TO keen their faces ever toward
the Greater sun?-Wilham Il. Champion
IN New York sun.