168 THE WHALE AND 



Poor Berry Overboard. The Kanacker after him. 



the name of Berry, grappling with the waves, 

 and calling loudly for help. 



The ship was soon brought round, but in 

 doing so she unavoidably passed a long way 

 from the poor fellow, who still supported him- 

 self by beating the water with his hands, al- 

 though he was quite unacquainted with the 

 proper art of swimming. Several oars were 

 thrown overboard the moment after he fell, but 

 he could not reach them, though they were 

 near to him ; and directly the ship brought up, 

 a Sandwich Islander, who formed one of the 

 crew, leaped overboard and swam toward him, 

 while at the same time the people on deck 

 were lowering a spare boat, which is always 

 kept for such emergencies. I could be of no 

 service, except to urge their expedition by 

 many calls, for it was only the work of a few 

 minutes. 



The good Sandwich Islander struck out most 

 bravely at first, but, finding that he was some 

 distance from the ship, and being unable to see 

 Berry on account of the agitated surface of the 

 sea, actually turned back through fear find- 

 ing, as he said, that the " sea caps" went over 

 his head. The men in the boat now plied their 



