Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-09
I thrills Of Whale Hunting

tiously pumped harpoor into tbs
towering side OF the unsusDectins mon
ster. With terrible roar Of agony, the
big fish sped way at top speed through
tie ocean. towing the ship after him nv
the line that held the harp on. Then.
finding that this did not relieve him. IL
sounded" on d:ved straight down into
the nlRrkX depths. giving the While n
series OF angry jerks wnis Il set the ship
rolling hIlvarhs under
The stout lire especially woven for this
work nhirred through the hawsepipe as
# locomotive waS tearing il ont. and
the friction 80 heated the wood and iron
grooves that they had TO be sluiceG vi. =
buckets of sea water.
After descending for hundreds ~
fatnoms the whale HaS forced - 70
turn again 10 breathe. and shot to the
surface al Lightning speed, hurting him
self clear out OF the water FOR his whole
length. II thrown AZ by some vol
canic eruption in the depths. believing
win rage tie while. - a. - be hearf
for mann miles. and churnire the SEA
into frott with the agonzed blows o. his
powerful tail
harpoon had been DETECTED. and had hs
h3m in II. 4risly par near the Ia
leaving HIM little the worse. ana NJ Tor
hours OF battle. besides being as ugly
for when his great steel blue body fell
upon the water again with the force &c
an explosion he circled round and round.
ard, suddenly deserving TIE ship. made
for II with a vicious below and re-
doubled energy. heading through the
water al a twenty-knot rate. his whole
body quivering with rage. Speedily he
swung roand and round and attacked it
again but the ship was sent out OF his
way, and thus the struggle continued
hour after hour into the night. while
10 shin with her bu!k Of hun. her ladin<
Of coal and equipments and her crew
81 ten mep was dragged along behind
him at speed Of about twelve knots
an hour thoue, her engines were re-
verSed at equal speed.
For unite a time tie monster would per-
sis+ IN ',fs efforts 10 destroy the ship but
without avail. ami tlen. more furious
SIN, aud be,owiH- madiv. would speed
ava aca,n for NJ ,es. careering along
the st.~face %, TIE water and beating a
very tie,de tattoo with the triphammer
blows of l,e powerful tail. Every nov
ard aeai4 he uould leap out of the brine
his .uIl length, curve himself with rage
and agony. and fall back again with a
thundC ng crash.
Frequently during tie night he renew ed
tEe attack ,Inpu tic Zip. and the weary
eyed arr peril-rarled crew had TO strain
every rcrre to escape the wiies OF his
sturdy reiautle-s enem;-. Each hour as IL
PASSED showed him N full, reer, baffied
by his urtr owts tut terrifying pursuer.
yet game TO the last. As the dawn OF 4
new day broke he was seen to be less
active. but determined as ever 10 de-
stro1 the ship. and made repeated though
less dangerous attempts to get her In
somher gray of the morning men and
whale were worn out. the former from
anxiety, the latter from the almost in
credible exertfons he had made He Vas
still towing the ship bu. at a gradually
lessening race. and soon the Viking fitted
another harroon. ran toward him, and
fred il with deadly aim this time
When tie skipper took his reckoning ha
found himself TOO miles to sea- the Wha,e
having towed the ship that distance. ard
probably covered thrice that space In his
einIous movements. 1t took tho boat all
Gay TO tow It's prize home. but there was
the satisfaction that the fish" was the
biggest ever killed in Newfoundland