Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-24

running about six feet above its back. The
Orca's jet black with white spots above it's eyes.
You'll see it a long distance away, and other
much bigger whales running from it. A giant
whale will get paralyzed with fear when pack
of Orca wolves show up they swim in packs
of twenty or more, and on any sea in the world
they'll attack whales three six times larger.
Here's what happens: they force the victims
mouth open and tear out its tongue"
When Spike got to talking about whales, no
one offered an argument for two sound reasons
=. his knowledge and his huge fists. "We've
run into any number of Right whales with
tongues partly eaten and torn :. and other
bad scars on flukes and fins. The Orca's a ter
ror-. . but lives safe life, cause he has little
commercial value. He lives long time, but
decreases the lifetime of every other whale,
which has only two enemies capable of doing
damage: whaling ships and the Orca. I've seen
band of Orcas get up speed of Is knots
chasing whales, seals, porpoises and walrus'
Fifteen knots
Spike talked, as he loved to about the sea
and things he knew cruising in strange
waters killer fish, and when we had time,
dive into the Manual.
NetD lands, then :. . nel1 names strange
places a boy doesn't forget. We had more dismal
cruising, took few more whales, tried OUT
blubber and sailed along the Southern Pas
sage as far south as Penkagne Bay of the Sibe-
after leaving Wrangel. Then struck north
ward somewhere close to Emma Harbour uve
always wondered why they called it "Emma),
skirted Indian Point up to Cape Prince OF
Wales North again by way of Cape Lisburne,
crossing the Russian American boundary line
to Cape Barrows
Here we anchored two cable lengths off shore
and again had good look at land. AT sea,
bobbing around, rolling with the great swells,
you forget Mother Earth exists; and if you re-
member you long for sight of it, the feel OF
solid land under your feet. The Second" went
ashore in the work boat, while looked after
him from the galley. No shore leave for me.
1t didn't last long. Soon we began the voyage
SOUTH and ran smack into stiff blow.
The Bedford scale registered 10, but didn't
look at it Spike told me. was busy in the
galley, keeping salt water off the range, seeing
that at least few pots remained on top of it.
In the middle of the gale, started to the lee
side to empty bucket of various refuse. The
wind blew in the wrong direction. I slipped,
and proceeded to baptize my friend Mr. Larsen
with five gallons of galley slop dishwater
and scraps from the table, To be mild, what
struck him was unsavory.
Mr.. Larsen had been put out with me for
several months !. and his involuntary bath
was the final breach of marine etiquette.
He turned on me. "I'll cure you once for all!'
he muttered, shaking himself Maybe grinned
at him. At the moment he wasn't dignifed.
"Bow'so he screamed. "A length of harp
warp and thread of line" fNr f
The boatswain came running. My thumbs
were lashed to the shrouds, so that stood on
tip toes. Mr.. Larsen, muttering to himself,
ripped off my shirt and stripped me to the
waist
Suddenly, came the Cat I was learning The
Cat consisted of strands of old lance warp,
several knots in each strand . which are
spliced into turks head" and fastened to q