The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-27
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4 80 WV tsA~AAil 10Y SAouNi EloN
amy holder before he absorbs THE
Cruise OF the cachalot." No matter how
I OLA H. Is now Il Isn't TOO late To read
this remarkable narrative of the old
! whaling days. now gone The "Cacha-
/ lot' is "a New Bedford whaler OF the
I ktnd that only an occasional specimen
/ remains In the mud OF the old port to-
| day, or It's model in the museum. Upon
/ this deep sea sailor, the writer OF this
STORY OF the cruise, Frank r. Bullcn,
1 embarked. Whaling was new kini OF
I se4farng o. HIM. with an his expert
/ enoe. Accordingly his Impressions were
4 remarkably stgong and happily for the
( chronicles OF the whaling age, when
! there were whales and WhalCrs worth
a NfIunS stories about. these memories
! were ttssh when his pan was made
! ready o-set them down on paper. ON
4 hc whole though The cVents OF the
4 bns voyage We're scarcely OF the kind
. Cor any fellow 10 forget IL he was ever
J lucky enough ID survive them. "The
4 Cruise vt the CachalOt is a story OF
the sea that has brine ana blubber In
! every Tine. H. is a distinct contribution
| 90 thc history of the whaling age ~
I Mcll as "a most spirited story. No story
| oi Ioraec ur battle uf Whatever roman
J lc period can suIpass 10 A. "a Stlrrer OF
! rhc pulses. AID old Whalers ought 90
! icel gratiiicd Tor such chronicle Cor in
! the vigorously sTritten lines We ind he-
! foes, broTc hearts and strong arms that
/ nave neNer asked or expected the praise
I of ire world Tor their deeds, or It's SYM
! pathy In Their hardships. but that are
| entitled 20 both and rhs fine story
prompts rhe hope that pOsterity viii
| not entirely forget il. The day f the
Whalcr is passed. The "cachalot" or
( man sought 90 conquer ~, We suppose
1 an but extinct. What was a great
! American industry of the sea has given
/ place 90 the factory. With aN its one
! Time Importance it has had few histo-
\ rians. This is not strange since sailors
| are proverbially modest and untutored
| Mr. Bullcn In the researches assigned
| to reinforce his own personal acquaint-
| ance with the subject finds but two
| books Of any consequence bearing up
! on il and these were published more
I chan half century ago and are out of
| print. But the reader Of the The
| Cruise Of the Cachalot" will be i'm
pressed with the feeling that he Is not
J only getting "a remarkably readable
4 story but is learning more about sperm
I whales. the Whalers, and the whole
| business than could be assembled for
! his information in any library in the
! land. published by ID. Appleton d
! N~'4''l't'''a' d va 't'AN - N''N5'' ~
/
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