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bold, expert man, two harpoons in quick succession. The whale, 

 feeling the concussion of the boat and the sharp wounds of the 

 irons in his back, desperately and fiercely struck his flukes about, 

 right and left, with the force of a thousand-horse engine. The 

 sea became white under his maddened fury. Occasionally the tip 

 of one of his flukes was raised high above the boat's side, as if 

 about to deal instant destruction to all, and once a blow came 

 heavily down. Morgan saved himself by jumping on one side ; 

 but the nearest man was struck and knocked down senseless. 

 The boat's mast was lifted from the step, and the sail thrown in 

 the water, but, fortunately, the boat itself escaped destruction. 

 The huge monster expended most of his power in lashing the 

 water, and then " sounded" — that is, dived into the depths below. 

 On returning to the surface he was met by lances, which caused 

 the usual spouting of blood, and then followed the death-stroke, 

 which made the whale a prize to the daring seamen who had at- 

 tacked it. 



00-iII-EN, OE WOMEN'S BOAT. 



