The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
BIG GAME IN THE SEA.
For Real Sport the Hunter Should Attack
tho Rorqunl.
from he London Telegraph.

fron n. London Telegraph.
The seeker after big game should attack tho
rorqual II he would see sport indeed. For this
agile monster has such reputation for al.
most supernatural cunning that even IL he
were nE valuable as he really Ia valusle.s COM
mercially. It Is highly doubtful il he would
ever be molcsted. AS 1t 10. all the tribe are
chartered libertincs. since no whaleman Is
likely to risk tho Lose OF boats gear for the
barren honor Of conquest And not only 90.
but The rorGuals whether I'M back" sui
bottom" r."blue-back." as well az tho
hump back" and 'Gramnus. make It q point OF
honor to sink when dead. unlike the 'cacha-
lot" or ''bowhead." who foat awash nj FIRST,
decay within the immense abdominal cavity
HEener n1, an aScumnlating volume Of gas.
tho willy rorqual. such "a collection OF strhne-
y attached bladders afr1ed to the line to stay
harpoons to get a better hold unon the thin
coa:inE OF 3luDber &c, 10 this kind OF whai-
TIE .psr n Tie to 6
however, from tho attack u the animal hunt.
Cd. but because his eyolutionS IN tho effort TO
escape are go marvellous vivacious that only
the most eNnert and cgol-hended boatnan-
ship can prevent sudden severance OF the
neXus between bont and crow
soS OF & nd G9s .eom w.t." 9TH
ceedlnC ton and a hall 10 weight. these small
chase Of them rs lively an episode nc the most
enthusiastic huntor could wish. especially Il
two or even three are harpooued one attor tho
other GA Gingle line. as the WhalSrs custom
Is. The senEJtlon Of being harnessed, as IL
were. 70 \ trio of mons tors each about TWENTY
fve feet long and eight feet in girth, every
one anHious TO fee In a dlferett direction at
the highest sneed he cnn muster and in their
united gambols making the sea boil like pot
Is ono that. once experienced. ia never likely &c
be forgotten. The nero memory OF that mad
frolic over the henvinG bosom Of the bright sen
makes the blood lean 10 the face. makAS the
nerves twitch, and tho heHrt long to he away
from the placid round Of everyday llie upon
the bright trte wave nCa'n.
Even school Of UorpOises, In default Of
nODier game, can furnish O lively hour or two
Especially II they he offhir size say up to three
or four hundre weight each. Bnt 81 a'truth
there need he no fear OF n iacG Of game. Tho
swift passage from mort t. port made 10y pas
seuger vessels IS ant to leave the yoysger with
the impression that the sol is barren waste
hut such nm idea Ia wholly false. Even tho
sai, ing ships; bound though they NAV no TO
ports are compelled by failure OF wind TO Seo
enough Of the EVERYDAY NE OF the sea popu-
latiOn 70 know better thaa that. and whose
gives himself w to the glamour Of sea study
maklng no haste to rush from place To place,
but leIsurely lettering alopRths wide plains IL
ocean. ehall mud each day new world un-
folding itself before his Rstoui-ned eyes A
world OF marve!S, Infinitely small, as well as
wnndrous Rreat-from the Thousand and one
miracles that go to make m the Phantom"
10 the antediluvian whale. Fishing In its
mere heroic phases IL oDtainaLle In deep-saa
cruising as nowhsre.sS0s