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  ' 
  The 
  doe 
  died 
  early 
  this 
  year, 
  and 
  we 
  decided 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  buck 
  his 
  

   liberty 
  ; 
  but 
  he 
  would 
  not 
  leave 
  the 
  place. 
  However, 
  in 
  July, 
  he 
  got 
  

   out 
  of 
  bis 
  run, 
  some 
  wire 
  having 
  become 
  displaced 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  

   he 
  was 
  sitting 
  about, 
  wanting 
  to 
  get 
  in 
  again, 
  when 
  two 
  of 
  our 
  dogs 
  

   found 
  him, 
  and 
  chased 
  him 
  away 
  over 
  the 
  fields. 
  However, 
  he 
  

   returned 
  to 
  try 
  and 
  get 
  in 
  three 
  times, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  ; 
  and 
  at 
  last 
  

   he 
  was 
  hounded 
  off, 
  as 
  I 
  thought, 
  for 
  good. 
  But, 
  thinking 
  he 
  might 
  

   return 
  at 
  night, 
  I 
  left 
  an 
  opening 
  in 
  the 
  wire 
  of 
  his 
  run, 
  and 
  next 
  

   morning 
  he 
  was 
  safe 
  at 
  home 
  again 
  ; 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  as 
  if 
  he 
  wants 
  

   to 
  go 
  away 
  at 
  all.'" 
  — 
  Newcastle 
  Daily 
  Journal, 
  Nov. 
  29th. 
  

  

  A 
  graphic 
  account 
  has 
  reached 
  Liverpool 
  of 
  an 
  encounter, 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean, 
  with 
  a 
  huge 
  Sperm 
  Whale, 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  which 
  

   the 
  Danish 
  schooner 
  ' 
  Anna 
  ' 
  was 
  wrecked, 
  and 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  abandoned 
  

   by 
  the 
  crew, 
  who 
  were 
  rescued 
  in 
  an 
  exhausted 
  condition. 
  The 
  

   ' 
  Anna 
  ' 
  was 
  making 
  the 
  voyage 
  from 
  Iceland 
  to 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  and 
  

   was 
  about 
  twenty 
  days 
  out, 
  when 
  on 
  the 
  afternoon 
  of 
  Sept. 
  28th 
  a 
  

   "Whale 
  was 
  seen 
  spouting 
  some 
  distance 
  in 
  the 
  offing. 
  Shortly 
  after- 
  

   wards 
  more 
  spouts 
  were 
  shot 
  upwards 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  feet 
  of 
  

   the 
  vessel, 
  and 
  the 
  Whale 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  angrily 
  moving 
  in 
  a 
  circle. 
  

   As 
  the 
  ' 
  Anna 
  ' 
  sailed 
  slowly 
  past, 
  at 
  a 
  speed 
  of 
  about 
  four 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  

   knots, 
  her 
  crew 
  could 
  easily 
  discern 
  the 
  manoeuvres 
  of 
  the 
  monster, 
  

   which 
  lashed 
  the 
  water 
  furiously 
  with 
  its 
  tail. 
  Suddenly 
  it 
  made 
  a 
  

   dash 
  for 
  the 
  ship. 
  It 
  came 
  full 
  tilt 
  at 
  a 
  tremendous 
  speed, 
  and 
  struck 
  

   the 
  vessel 
  amidships 
  with 
  its 
  head. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  tremendous 
  crash, 
  

   and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  crew 
  were 
  thrown 
  off 
  their 
  feet. 
  A 
  hole 
  was 
  stove 
  in 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  ship 
  below 
  the 
  water-line, 
  and 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  

   was 
  broken. 
  The 
  Whale, 
  however, 
  had 
  received 
  its 
  coup 
  de 
  grace. 
  Its 
  

   colossal 
  carcase 
  rose 
  slowly 
  to 
  the 
  surface, 
  revealing 
  two 
  big 
  gashes 
  in 
  

   its 
  head 
  and 
  side, 
  and 
  from 
  its 
  wounds 
  blood 
  poured 
  profusely, 
  dyeing 
  

   the 
  water 
  all 
  around. 
  The 
  vessel 
  began 
  to 
  leak, 
  and 
  all 
  hands 
  were 
  

   placed 
  at 
  the 
  pumps, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  weather 
  grew 
  worse 
  the 
  ship 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  to 
  sink. 
  After 
  thirty-nine 
  hours 
  of 
  continuous 
  exertion 
  it 
  

   was 
  decided 
  to 
  abandon 
  the 
  ' 
  Anna.' 
  A 
  lifeboat 
  was 
  provisioned 
  and 
  

   manned, 
  and 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  being 
  launched, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  noticed 
  

   by 
  the 
  Johnston 
  liner 
  'Quernmore.' 
  It 
  was 
  early 
  morning, 
  and 
  a 
  gale 
  

   was 
  blowing, 
  but, 
  after 
  several 
  gallant 
  attempts 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   crew 
  of 
  the 
  Johnston 
  lifeboat, 
  the 
  " 
  whalers 
  " 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  

   'Quernmore.' 
  — 
  -Daily 
  Mail, 
  Nov. 
  1st. 
  

  

  