212 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTUHES. 



when the barque Hanseat spoke him, January 

 20th. He was not more surprised than de- 

 lighted to find his men all safe, and receiving 

 all attention possible, as the third mate was a 

 brother. 



We add a further example of perils to whale- 

 men of another description, illustrative, at the 

 same time, of the danger and inexpediency of 

 the captain's going in the boats. Witness the 

 recent narrative, from the New Bedford Mer- 

 cury, of the sufferings of Captain Hosmer and a 

 boat's crew, of the whaling barque Janet, who 

 were separated from their vessel while on the 

 coast of Peru. The account, furnished by the 

 captain, is substantially as follows : 



On the coast of Peru, 23d June, 1849, in 

 latitude 3 S., longitude 104 W., while cruis- 

 ing for whales, a shoal of sperm whales appeared 

 in sight from the Janet, and three boats, with 

 Captain Hosmer in one of them, lowered in 

 pursuit. It blowing fresh at the time, the boats 

 soon separated, each having made fast to a 

 whale. After Captain Hosmer had succeeded 

 in " turning up" his whale, and was towing 



