CHAPTER VIII 



CHARGED BY A WILD SEI WHALE 



THE ship got under way at two o'clock the next 

 morning, and within half an hour was pitching 

 badly in a heavy sea. At five Andersen and I 

 turned out and climbed to the bridge, both wearing 

 oilskins and sou'westers to protect ourselves from the 

 driving spray. The sun was up in a clear sky, but 

 the wind was awful. The man in the top shouted 

 down that he had seen no whales, but that many birds 



We hunted them for two hours, trying first one and then the 

 other they had separated without once getting near enough 

 even for pictures." 



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