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Others like it. Tempted Temerity of a Whaling Captain. 



the ports of Western Mexico, has lately met 

 with the same disaster, but without loss of life, 

 the* passengers and crew being all rescued by 

 an American whale ship. 



Another form of the perils of whaling is illus- 

 trated 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 at- 

 tempt its capture was too strong to be resisted." 

 The captain ordered the remaining boat to be 

 lowered, and, leaving but one man and two 

 boys to take care of the ship, sprang into the 

 boat with the rest of the crew. 



Soon the harpoon was plunged into the 



