The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-27
Ka1uIani Meets a Whale.

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Captain DabeI, Of the bark Kaiulani,
which arrived in this port from San
Francisco a few days ago, relates
an interesting experience which his
vessel had with a whale during her
last trip.
: The whale. which was of the species
called California gray. was an unusu-
ally large one for his kind, being about
fifty feet long. He was first sighted at
some distance from the vessel, but his
curiosity got the better of him, ami
he came nearer and nearer to the boat,
until he was close to the stern. Cap
tain Dabel was just going down below
for his rife, as he intended taking
shot at the animal, when the whale
became mixed up with the log line,
which was trailing behind. The line
passed over the whales back right by
the fin. and Captain Dabel, fearing the
loss of his log, caught hold of the
string. The resulting friction burned
his hand. but it was not before the
log hit the whales dOrsaI fin that the
captain thought he had struck the real
thing. The whale jumped nearly out
of the water and Immediately departed
for happier pastures. spinning out the
line SO hard that the skipper, who
hadn't let go, got another burn.
Maru Delayed BY Rough Weather
The japanese liner Nippon Maru.
which arrived off port at about
o'clock yesterday morning, steamed in
to the harbor and was moored at the
Quarantine wharf at an early hour As
DR.. j. j. Kinyoun. the United States
quarantine officer, was among the pas
sengers on board the vessel, the stearn-
er was not delayed by going through
quarantine examination, but came
right in.
The officers of the Nippon Maru re-
port that the vessel had unusually
rough weather on her trip from Japan
to this port After she had left Yo-
kohama, on November 18th, the yes
sci encountered heavy head seas which
kept her from making as good time as
usual Had 1t not been for these seas
the vessel would have been in this port
Monday afternoon, but as it was, she
was compelled to slow down during
the voyage. The storm lasted for five
days during which time the passengers
had a rough and uncomfortable time.
Immense seas were constantly coming
aboard over bow and sides, and one
\ igantic wave smashed four cabin win
lws Although no other damage was
d ne, the vessel bore the marks of a
| II, ely battle with the seas. her tunnels,
est ecially, being salt encrusted.
| / ne Nippon Maru brings a cargo of
abb ut 1900 tons for this port, which
( is much larger freight than usual.
J She also brings an unusual number of
laps uese, there being 204 all told. She
las i2 Chinese emigrants for this port.
There Is also crowd Of 134 Japanese
Who Re on their way to San Francis
CO. G this number. So intend to go to
Mexict as arrangements have been
msde etween the Mexican and the
Japane! : governments for the impor-
tatlon Japanese laborers in great
numbers
Among the passengers, besides DR..
Kinyoun, are NJ Kirkwood, an English
lawyer, no returns home from Jap
an, where he has been a legal adviser
TO the go eminent. He is accompan-
led by his family Capt. T. w. Brun
ner is an officer of the Royal Engi-
neers. He IS returning TO England on
leave. / <eda, Japanese counsellor
and rninist, of communication, is go
ing to the United States and Europe.
where he W inspect the postal meth
DDS and sys- Ems of the different coun-
tries. X hume. a counsellor to the
same depart nent, accompanies him.
r H Callun ian, postmaster of Iioilo,
in the Philippines. Is on his way to the
United States on leave. ]. H. Car
| penter is a ming man from Korea.
| Charles Heym.i n Is travelling repre-
! sentative of the French government.
He has been o. a tour in the Orient,
studying the c. tpn1er -.1l conditions of
! the different pli res -rere-
! The Nippon AIaru had to stay -
| port for longer time than is usuai on
! account Of her I eight. and the Iengtl
Of her stay st; ted several umors.
/ Some people had / that the vessel had
been subjected ID fumigation. while
others said that II log book had been
( lost. TN, last runor had some foun-