The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-26
big SEA GAME.
Tor "e"i sport the Hunter SHOULD
Attack the ROraunI.

From the London Telegraph
me seeker after big sea game should at
Jack the rorqual If he would see Sport
'nueed' ror this agile monster has such n
reputation Tor almost supernatural cun-
h'hs that even II he We're as valuable as
ne really Is valueess commercially n h
hishy doubtful If he would ever be MODEST
ca. AS II Is, all the tribe are chartered In
ertines, since no whaleman Is lkerv IL
TASK the loss of boats gear for the bar
fen honor OF conquest. And not only so
but The rorquals, whether "An-back 4" Dst,,.
phuf-bottom' or biue-back, as wei as
the "hump-bacb' and grampus. make #
point OF honor 10 sink when dead unlike
the "cachalot' or "blowhead," who float
awash al first, but ever more buoyanily as
the progress Of decay within the lnn,ensa
abdominal cavity generates an accunnf,laf
ing volume OF gas. ANY old whaleman
would evolve In the interests of snort No
end of lodges for dealing with M tviiy
rorquaLsuch as collection of stran9lv AZ
tached bladders affixed to the line 10 stav
MS downward rush, short but broqd-bar
e et, harpoons 70 ger better hold upon he
tIllh coating OF plubber, etc. In this KIM
OF whaling there - quite sufficient danger
~ ~ MAXI me sport exciting In the highest
~. ~ ~ no 5loWsYer, from the attack OF
tne animal hunted, but because his evoin
tons in the effort 10 escape arc so ooarveJ-
ously viyacious that only The n1nst eSrs'1
ana cooi-headed boatmanship can preverf
ho sau ssh seneiance OF the nexus between
4. splendid days sport can be obtafnea
WIN a school OF BLACKLIST. Although sell
dom exceeding a ton ana a half II tyatseht
these small whales are ouite vigorsa.,,
enough TO make the chase OF them ~ ii,ga
~ an eDoside as the most enthusIas,ic
hunter could wish, especially II two or
even three are harpooned one after .he
other
custom is. The sense ton Of being har-
messed as II were 20 trio Of rno1stars
eacn s si twenty-five feet long, ana
flee Ia a different direction ct he hiehoo
est speed ne can muster and In their utnit-
90 gampols making the sea boil like a not
~ one tnat, once experienced Is never
likely to be forgotten. The mere NO., =.
of that mad frollc over the heaving hns1s.s,
OF the bright SEQ makes the blood len
to the face, makes The nerves fvvitch i s,g
the heart long to be away from nc r,,is aii1
round OF everyday life upon the bright
free wave again. D''7N
nooer game, can furnish q lively hour ~
two. especially II they be of fair size sav
up 70 three or four hundredweieSt earr,
But or truth there need be no fear az a
lack OF game. The swift passage from nerr
10 port made by passenger vessels a. y =.
70 leave the yoyager with the irnpression
snat me sea IS "a barren waste, but such
ing ships. bound though they NAV be IN
make the shortest possible time between
ports, are compelled by failure OF wind 81
see enough OF the. everyday life OF the
sea population to know better than fhaf
and whose gives himself up to the glannoIir
OF sea study, making no haste 10 rrsh
from place 20 place, but ieisurely loiter-
ing along the wide plains of ocean shall
find each day new world unfolding a.
self before his astonished eyes worlo
Of marvels, Infinitely small as well a.
wondrous great-from the thousand and
n al -,
''Plankton" TO the antediluvinn whale
Fishing in Its mere heroic phases is OBJ
tainable In deep-sea cruising as nowhere
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