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the Azores, by a similar concussion. A merchant 

 brig also, plying between Panama and one of 

 the ports of Western Mexico, lately met with the 

 same disaster, but without loss of life, the pas- 

 sengers and crew being all rescued by an Ameri- 

 can whale ship. 



Another form of the perils of whaling is 

 illustrated in the following incidents, taken from 

 an authentic communication in one of the re- 

 ligious newspapers of the day, which we insert 

 here in order to complete this Daguerreotype 

 Gallery of Life and Adventures in a Whale 

 Ship. 



A few years ago, the captain of a whale ship 

 was on a cruise in the Pacific Ocean. There 

 were three boats attached to the ship. Early 

 one morning a whale appeared. Two boats 

 were sent to capture it. They fastened to the 

 whale, and were soon drawn by this monster of 

 the deep out of sight of the ship. An hour or 

 two passed along, when, suddenly, another 

 whale rose in the water, but a few rods from the 

 vessel. The temptation to attempt its capture 

 was too strong to be resisted. The captain 



