THE WHITE WHALE 537 
“Sing out ! sing out every time !” 
“Ay ay, sir! There she blows! there— there— thar— she blows— bowes 
— bo-o-o-s !” 
“How far off?" 
“Two miles and a half.” 
“Thunder and lightning! so near! call all hands!” 
J. Ross Browne’s Etchings of a 
Whaling Cruise , 1846. 
“The whale ship Globe , on board of which vessel occurred the horrid 
transactions we are about to relate, belonged to the island of Nantucket.” 
Narrative of the “Globe” Mutiny , by Lay and 
Hussey, survivors , a.d. 1828. 
“Being once pursued by a whale which he had wounded, he parried the 
assault for some time with a lance; but the furious monster at length 
rushed on the boat; himself and comrades only being preserved by leaping 
into the water when they saw the onset was inevitable.” 
Missionary Journal of Tyerman and Bennett. 
“Nantucket itself,” said Mr. Webster, “is a very striking and peculiar 
portion of the National interest. There is a population of eight or nine 
thousand persons, living here in the sea, adding largely every year to the 
National wealth by the boldest and most persevering industry.” 
Report of Daniel Webster's Speech in the U. S. 
Senate , on the application for the Erection 
of a Breakwater at Nantucket, 1828. 
“The whale fell directly over him, and probably killed him in a mo- 
ment.” 
The Whale and his Captors, or The Whaleman' s 
Adventures and the Whale's Biography, gath- 
ered on the Homeward Cruise of the “Commo- 
dore Preble” by the Rev. Henry T. Cheever. 
“If you make the least damn bit of noise,” replied Samuel, “I will send 
you to hell.” 
Life of Samuel Comstock (the mutineer), by 
his brother, William Comstock. Another 
Version of the Whale Ship “Globe” Narrative. 
“The voyages of the Dutch and English to the Northern Ocean, in 
