THU WHALE. 
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water.* As soon as the whale is struck, the men set up one 
in th e "l ° arS n 1,0 m ' C dle of lllP boat as a signal to Siose 
in the ship On perceiving this, the watchman alarms all 
•;e rest with the cry of fall! full ! upon which all the other 
no. ts are immediately sent out to the assistance of the first. 
i lie whale, finding himself wounded, runs off with prodi- 
gious violence. Sometimes lie descends perpendicularly at 
others goes off horizontally, at a small depth below the sur- 
onn%nl T 6 Wh ' C t ' S fkst ? ncd 10 tl,a harpoon is about 
dtIlou,s ‘°ng, and properly coiled up, that it may freely 
acv s wm,°“,“t 1 ° '« k tii vdol 
city with which this hue runs over the side of the boat is 
o' eat ) that it is wetted to prevent its taking fire: but in 
a short time the strength of the whale begins to fail, and 
ie fishermen, instead of letting out more rope, strive is 
much as possible to pull back what is given Eu’t aKdy 
W U to h th ieJ i»? W * 3 P i d th . emS , elveS necessitated to yield at 
ho I rc. effortS of tl,e , an " na1 ’ to prevent his sinking their 
nnl n ! t 0 T? out the 200 fat h°His of line contained in 
ne boat that belonging to another is immediately fastened 
0 the end of the first, and so on ; and there have been in- 
• ances, where all the rope belonging to the six boats has 
een necessary, though half that quantity is seldom required 
1 .ie whale cannot stay long below water, but again comes 
p to blow : and being now much fatigued and wounded 
«tays longer above water than usual. This gives another 
boat tune to come up with him, and he is a ga f„ struS witT, 
an ha, poem H e again descends, but with less force thru. 
of H f " T W len he i om f? »P ‘‘gain, is generally incapable 
of de cendmg, but suffers himself to be wounded and killed 
th long lances which the men are provided with for the 
, " P ose - , He ls known to be near death when he spouts up 
He water deeply tinged with blood. 1 
1 he whale being dead, is lashed alongside the ship. They 
ien lay it on one side, and put two ropes, one at the heat! 
t nd the other in the place of the tail, which, together with’ 
ext. hn V S St L lck ° ! ilS S0 °" as lle is tuken » ‘o keep these 
Xtiermnes above water. On the off-side of the whale are 
that ,,S t °n reCe!V % tl n e pieC f ° f fat ’ utensiIs and men, 
at ln ght otherw tse fall into the water on that side. These 
feet f Ut,0nS bein n. t« k cn, three or four men with irons at their 
j o pi event slipping, get on the whale, and begin to cut 
harn^i' l !\? In ; OV r e ' a ' las . * )e ? n lllaf * c ‘ n lt |ft method of discharging the 
but it do-L „ stloo 'ing it out of a kind of swivel or niusquatoon : 
fls hine- a,>I1 f a ‘i’ . at sinee lllis improvement was made, the whale- 
shl P s had better success than before. 
