The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-08
ADVENTURES lFL0AI
TOLD BY JAMES A DUMoNT
CHIEF OF u. S. STEAMBOAT
INSPECTION SERVICE.
I~hrcunteT with q WA Steamboat
Explosion Incidcn,s-BH.de
EEooH.'s Performance
Nssro~ Escapes.

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l+'.'' ''f'' -l"ai ~oH.As. Ana 'a that
'.N'% " was '|} -ato ''FliNa i3 spraI
'"t'3 '"' Nhas'@
Iatu a School of Whales.
guj to ,,sr>, IL, ,r.. .ur4..i.-
fFufs 10 wa a hr..Hi a..sr morn.
'ut, ; rtm-rfhpr it ar clearly RS though
81 were yeata rlar. Tho sea was hin,
SUD TIE San Ellnied on The water and
coming across our bu.r. g4. q srb,o
al The Hucs sperm AHaI, il man tve,
rBuie q, -..
PrTaapt ,ey never srv .-t,.
whales aUd don't gra. how rtr
tragtig Wei. rhry ar. like "a pIsf,,r
of soldiers ali abyeas, .D r.,,,r,r ,
formation the COWS an. ralyes ID, Co..
reaier. aud tho rrsg, b..ls y.sfrs ..,
as scouts ON either ,sa. s,r,,sfuns
tnc bulls viii De- AS mrrh MS .,, nil.
apart and in tbiS connection / ha,s
aotioea a TRANCE phenomenon ab1rb
/ have never seen eygIajnpd The hng
whaIcs anrasr D, bag. 80
method Of communication. IL 1ue is
atrucl. or otherwise alarmed the other
riding along. perhaps ten miles aRav
VIII dive like IA Hash. There in some.
thing between them, something like
thts wireless telegraphy. b. ghicb they ,
give the alarm +,
We'll, to resume ,be shin h,v.~.J ,
four boats. We were right In Tho ra,b .
or The school, and our plan was IN r,r =
the four boats in between tho whale
IN the front rank and at 4 ronce,,od clio. ,
cal each boat wpuId .lrito Tha -
sees 'mpertrc'ly. his angle Of vision be. 8
ths very vide. and II one Is careful Il q
Is possible I" row right up close before a
'he whale discovers your presence, III,
was hc harPooher OF my boat-ur what 4
Is "nowh IN the business as the boat n
e'eefer 1t was also my duty 70 give n
we signals Tor the others TO throw 4
'"o'' "~"'P"ohE. l got as near my whale n
az was possible without touching. and a
"tsa''hs III ne bow threw my iruns b
TWO OF them sunk into the whale In %
quo" succession a
THAT is all / r]ecullect unfit began "a
60 have a vague cn-nsciousncgq al n
something blush and domeElks aboyeIa
me, and there was something like n
tine around my meek. thought q, Al
oHce OF the rope attached 10 the ba~- r
boon and remember carefully %Rlipugrg ID
II of above nav head. Pretty soon r.
to sec more clearly ana foup6i b,
what | saw overhead sas A sail AZ
The rope wa one Of the sail lines IA
water was dashed In my face arsI a,
after awhile sat up a,
Tit..a s,a
The vbaler has scyt -,
rescue, o,,rs ,r.s 49, Ta ~.
.ap,ened a. I sVrrwa~L "a "a
hat nv ahsls had a. ~
aAipr the lima 10 he - y
shale lyIpp sl,,e.i5o 49,. - ~
.peared has diya9 40. ""S w
usi undsr tho hra ln - 4"
standing Tho %, ia
,Ir Do Less than tbI-,y 49, - ~
say I looked and fcI, sf,e,u. ~
,opvlnced thew aid M, s,.r~ "
lad no recollection even n, - ns -,
I was too sudden. was b}ars and
'tae on every part o. mg hs8y W
aand afterward that the ,b,rL o.L
leat IN the bow Of the boat ublrt h VIA
supposedly fitted across the g~gpvalcs g., a.
teady the knee while thry.irr tbs ~,
ron. was broken Ia two 50 I am g.s,,v We
ure / got a good Jolt. Il a. - an
by fortunate that I landed IN ~. WI
- q N"ne o'ersl3" would y,
nav" DFvA dOle 20 hh'm. and Fl VI