The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-11

blown in from the sea enshrouds the
neighboring landscape.
There is little chance for the animal
when once he is struck by the harpoon
bomb. Failure TO hit him is rare, for
the shot is fred at a distance OF fifty
feet. Reaching this vantage point IS
not difficult when the largest animal
in the world is feeding For mess OF
red shrimps the monster of the deep IS
willing TO sell his life.
Following the death of the whale an
operation new to whaling is performed.
An opening is made in the body and a
tube. leading from air-pumps aboard
the steamer, is inserted. Then the body
is filed with air, so that it will keep
afloat until the shore is reached. 1T
there is a prospect of taking another
whale before returning TO the station,
a flag is attached to the body, so that
it may be found readily, and it Is left
floating for a while.
After recovering from attacks OF sea-
sickness. becoming accustomed to sleep
ing in his clothing on bunk and work
ing from sunrise until long after sun
set. Mr.. Andrews had some interesting
experiences and gathered a collection
of pictures illustrating whaling such as
has not been edualled Some of his pho
tographs were obtained under rather
unusual conditions. It was his fortune
TO obtain by accident a picture of the
fiving bomb He was standing beside
the gun at an acute angle to the line
of fight when it was discharged The
noise of the discharge SO close at hand
scared him He Jumped, and as he did
81 hp Hnt
his camera. The result was a negative
for which he has received an offer of
800.
On another occasion he was standing
in the company of the plump-bodied
captain of the whaler on the narrow
harpoon platform across the bow, cam
era in hand. A whale lay across the
path of the vessel. a short distance
ahead. The order was given to reverse
the engines. 1t was misunderstood by
the engineer and the steamer leaped
ahead. It struck the animal and re-
bounded. The bulky captain and Mr.
Andrews fell backward from the mar
row platform to the deck. The latter
had the presence of mind to jump
quickly to his feet and point his camera,
which by good fortune had not been in
suited in an interesting picture, in
which the blow holes of the animal
were shown expanded to their full di-
ameter-New York Tribune.
Shipping Notes.
The cargo on the Mauna Kea includ-
ed the following items: / automobile,
! sheep, mules, 3 bags coin, 4 boxes
chickens, barrels tallow, 9 bags co
Goa, II crates celery, 20 packages vege-
tables, % bags taro, s bags ava, 81
empty kegs, 80 bags empty bottles, 400
bags -four, 195 packages sundries.
A eablegram arrived at the naval
station yesterday for Admiral Swim
burne, eommander-in-ehief of the Pa
eife fleet, and is said to have something
to do with the movements Of the feet
after arrival here from Samoa An
other has some relation to the move
ments of the collier Saturn, now lying
at the Alakea wharf loaded with coal.
The Hilonian on Friday evening re-
ported by wireless that she was out
from Honolulu 927 miles, and the Korea
was then abeam. A 4 D. m. the cruiser
Colorado was also In touch with the
Hilonian
The following sugar is reported
awaiting shipment on Hawaii: Olaa,
1888 bags, Wainaku, $500 bags. Puma
luu, POO bags.