194 WHALING AND FISHING. 



CHAPTER XI. 



ANTONGJL BAY, continued Whaling near Desolation Island- 

 Teddy A Character Sea-Lions How they are Captured 

 Tannanarivou A City on a hill top The Natives The 

 Scurvy Burying a Mac Nearly a Ghost Story The Cook'i 

 opinion of Ghosts Attempts at explanation, meet with no 

 Favor The Result Preparing to leave the Bay Our first 

 and only Holiday in the Bay A Tour of Exploration Dis- 

 turbing an Ant's nest Flying Foxes We proceed to Sea. 



To relieve the monotony of our rather dreary 

 life in the bay, we frequently visited each other's 

 vessels, /found much to amuse me on board the 

 James Eodgers. They had been three years from 

 home, cruising during that time mainly on the 

 coasts of Ceylon and New Holland, and had some 

 singular adventures to relate. One of the crew, 

 moreover, had made a voyage to the Isle of Des- 

 olation, a place of great resort for sea-lions and 

 seals, as well as right whales, and as he had ? 

 wonderful facility in spinning yarns, and was, 

 wHhal, obliging enough to talk for us by the hour, 

 several of our own crew spent all our -leisure timt 

 on board the Eodgers. 



Teddy, so h< was called, was a genuine Yankee 

 boy; and about is ugly and good natured a speci- 



