130 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES. 



his boat, and so much had we been engaged in 

 looking out for ourselves, that we did not per- 

 ceive one of our number was missing. But 

 alas ! it was too soon found out. He was a 

 young man, about seventeen years old, and did 

 not belong to the boat, but went in the place of 

 the midship oarsman, who was sick at the time. 

 The whale fell directly over him, and probably 

 killed him in a moment. 



With what feelings we pulled around and 

 around the spot where the boat was stove, un- 

 willing to believe, even after we knew there was 

 no hope, that our shipmate was gone, never 

 more to return ! How silently we glided along- 

 side of the ship, and hoisted in our other poor 

 shipmate, now lamed for life ! 



" Ah, that some of those people who look 

 upon sailors as little better than brutes, and 

 who know little or nothing of the kind feelings 

 and strong affections that are hid under their 

 rough outside, could have seen what I saw on 

 board that ship. Even their hearts would melt; 

 and they would find it is not always the polished 

 and educated, the smooth-faced and handsome 



