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foes. For five minutes or so he swam thus in 
widening circles, and then as if satisfied he could 
not find those he sought, he turned over on his 
belly again and made off. Almost immediately 
after Martin and his men were rescued by 
another boat. 
But the whale had not finished his work of 
destruction, and as if goaded to fury by the loss 
of his companions and the escape of his human 
foes, he suddenly appeared twenty minutes later 
close to the Hawaiian brig. He was holding 
his head high up out of the water and swimming 
at a furious speed straight toward the ship. 
The wind had almost died away, and the brig 
had scarcely more than steerage way on her, 
but the cooper, who was in charge, put the 
helm hard down, and the whale struck her a 
slanting blow, just for’ard of the forechains. 
Every one on board was thrown down by the 
force of the concussion, and the ship began to 
make water fast. Scarcely had the crew manned 
the pumps when a cry was raised, “ He’s coming 
back! ” 
Looking over the side, he was seen fifty feet 
below the surface, and swimming round and 
round the ship with incredible speed, and 
