THE AMERICAN WHALEMAN. 47 



hand which had not planted a harpoon* So, in due course, 

 when he avowed his love, Katie, with a smile of encourage- 

 ment, replied, " Dear Garvin " that was his proper name 

 " sing that song to me after you have struck a sperm-whale, 

 and it will sound more real." How could the bonnie lassie 

 do otherwise? In her home she had been severely trained. 



NANTUOK.ET SCHOOLING. 



One day* she saw her good mother throw a loving arm 



around her father, and say, 



" Jack, dear, one of us must go a-whaling, and I can't." 

 "Why, what's up now, Dolly?" the briny old man asks. 

 " There's low tide in the bread-kit, and another mouth is 



