WHALING SAILORS' YARNS. 



CHAPTEK XII. 



YARNS FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF OLD 

 WHALEMEN. 



" Row ! row ! row ! 



In our vessel she must go, 



Over the broad Pacific's swell, 



Round Cape Horn, where tempests dwell ; 



Many a night and many a day, 



Hence with us she must away, 



Till we joyful hail once more 



Old Nantucket's treeless shore." 



Whaler's Song. 



Whaling Sailors' Yarns Dead Whale Competition for dead 

 Whale Successful Stratagem Recovery of sunk Whales 

 Chase by rival Whalemen John Bull and Brother Jona- 

 than Romance of rival Whaling Dashing exploit of a 

 Yankee. 



Brazil Banks, lat. 24 ., Ion. 40 W. 



SOME few years ago, in the same region of 

 ocean where we were now cruising, and 

 about the same month of the year, an old 

 weather-worn and barnacled whale ship was 

 working slowly along on a wind, homeward 

 bound, or after another sperm whale, 'if one 

 should heave in sight. Her try-works were 



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