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  Noll.... Look at me...." He obeyed, in spite of himself; and there was such depths of tenderness and sorrow in her eyes that the man''s heart melted in him.


id: 43959
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  Remedy for Nose Bleeding and Sore Eyes.--Burial Ceremony.--Marriages.--General Appearance of the Natives.--Their Character.--Their Habits of Industry.--Property.--Language.--Icebergs.--Their Formation.--The Distance


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id: 21202
title: Fighting the Whales
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  The captain laughed, and, looking up at the sky, said: "I don''t like "Tom," said I, "what like is a whale?" of the whale, which could not yet be seen by the men on deck, I saw a ship; before I had time to ask what it was, a whale''s head rose to the with Tom Lokins got upon the whale''s body, with long-handled sharp "Hand me an iron and line, Bob," said Tom, looking up at me. The shark came close to the side of the whale at that moment, and Tom cuttle-fish as long as a whale-boat. men took to their boats at once, and in _ten minutes_ the ship went "I''ve been thinkin''," said Tom slowly, "that if a whale makes his "Don''t you know?" said Tom Lokins, "why, it''s a glass that makes little "There she blows!" said Tom Lokins, in a low voice, as the fish came up


id: 23383
title: Archibald Hughson: An Arctic Story
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
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  the boats are sent out in search of whales Archy stows away again, to "I wanted to come to sea; so I hid myself away," answered Archy. Andrew led Archy aft, where Captain Irvine was standing, and explained The crew generally did not treat Archy as kindly as old Andrew had done. "I''ll think about it, Max," answered Archy, "but I promised old Andrew "Yes, lad, that He will," said Andrew, taking Archy''s hand, "He has Archy sat close to old Andrew, listening attentively to what he said, he Archy lowered himself down with Andrew on to the ice, and with the rest Archy, from the time of leaving the ship, had kept close to Andrew, and "Well, Archy," he said, "I see old Andrew intends to make you work for "Now move on, Archy," said Andrew, "and keep a bright look out ahead, as


id: 23260
title: The Two Whalers; Or, Adventures in the Pacific
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
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  out of ear-shot, I heard Captain Bland remark to father that he liked of their ships, the "Eagle," Captain Hake, just about to sail for the for four years on board the good ship "Eagle," South Sea whaler, Captain deal besides, thanks to Medley''s assistance, by the time the ship was and the captain, rushing on deck, ordered a boat to be lowered. On his return to the half-deck, Medley said to me, "Now, Jack, let us Medley, go with me?" said Captain Bland. brought the ship to an anchor in the harbour, when Captain Hake came on get Captain Bland to beg him to allow me to remain on board the "Lady we got nearer I shouted, and soon Captain Bland appeared, followed by captain below, soon coming again on deck told the men that he was appearance of Captain Bland and his boat''s crew caused no little


id: 31263
author: Jenkins, Thomas H.
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  whaling days I have ever seen, smooth water and a clear sky. aloft raised a white water which proved to be sperm whales, and there leeward and I followed them with the ship till I was sure the boats saw I ran the ship alongside of the dead whale and after darting three boats were out of sight and fast to whales and night coming on, ship they could have got some more water and bread. When she got near we saw she had a whale boat on her davits. the whale was making for the ship. at the rail he suddenly saw the whale rushing at the ship at the rate The mate''s boat soon struck a whale, but a blow of the animal''s tail another whale, and the mate, heading the ship for the other boats, set The whale came down for the ship with twice his ordinary speed and a

title:
  Bark Kathleen Sunk By A Whale To Which is Added an Account of Two Like Occurrences, the Loss of Ships Ann Alexander and Essex


id: 21474
title: Peter the Whaler
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
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  turning my head after growing weary of looking at the dusty ship, I saw north-east, the captain ordered the ship to be kept away before it. Mr Bell never spoke to me in the day-time; for if the captain saw him, The day passed away without a sail appearing in sight; and darkness, the _Mary_ making preparations to lower a boat, and to heave the ship of his ship, said nothing, but bowed his head on his breast, looking as look-out men of "A ship ahead, standing right for us under all sail." Andrew looked round when he heard the bows of the ship ice-saws to be got ready, and the ship to be steered towards one of the Away we went towards the ship, dragging our boat with no little ship appear, the boat might be able to reach her, even though she might


id: 21475
title: Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
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  "Dick Porter, look after my boat, will ye, till I comes back?" he said men, Tom, holding Mary by the hand, and I walked on till we came to his a breeze to help us along," said Tom. We pulled round Blockhouse Point, along shore, till we came off Fort "No, sir, I came out with old Tom Swatridge, who went on board the ship Before going away Mr Gray saw Mary for a short time, and paid a long "The only live ones, sir," answered Jim. There was no time to exchange more words before the boat was alongside, "Why do these men come on board my ship?" asked the captain. worth while to come and look for us," said Jim. Four days after this, according to Mr Griffiths''s calculations, we were Just, however, as we got the boat''s head to sea we saw, coming round a


id: 21479
title: The South Sea Whaler
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
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  The mate would not allow Alice to remain long on deck for fear of her "Now," said the first mate to Walter, "if Alice would like to see Cape Captain Tredeagle told Walter and Nub to carry Alice down below, to WATCH THE BURNING SHIP--VOYAGE OF ALICE AND NUB ON THE RAFT--LOOK OUT "Come, Walter," said the mate, "you may take the helm; and mind you WALTER AND THE MATE''S VOYAGE ON THE RAFT CONTINUED--FLYING-FISH CAUGHT-them, they got out the oars, the mate and Nub pulling, while Walter During Nub''s absence the mate and Walter looked anxiously around them, "Oh, thank you, Nub; but Walter and I shall not like to eat cooked fish fellow." The mate and Walter stood by ready to throw water on the raft in time to see Nub and Alice floating away on a raft from the wreck. The doctor and Walter had to support Alice; while Nub,


id: 23049
title: Old Jack
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
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  "And so, Jack, you like a sea-life, do you?" said Peter Poplar to me one Well, as I said, the fine weather continued for a long time, till I was sea-life before long," said Peter, as soon as he had time to have a word dark, a heavy sea struck the ship, and carried away our boats and kept your eyes open to good purpose!" said the captain, preparing having a person like Peter among a number of people placed in After we had lain a little time there, we saw from the captain''s manner go to sea, a boat came alongside, pulled by black men, with one man only captain listened, and after some time I saw him put out his hand and "Here, Sidy," said the captain to the interpreter; "tell the old man quarter-deck stood Captain Gale, working away as usual with his people,


id: 21714
title: The Red Eric
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  "What''s come of Glynn?" inquired Captain Dunning, as he accepted a large "Surely, captain," said Glynn, putting down his cup and looking up in Glynn," exclaimed Ailie, looking round and heaving a deep sigh; "Looking at the fish, Ailie, as usual?" said the doctor as he came up. escape poor little Ailie had had, and the captain''s tears, things he had "The captain wants Glynn Proctor," said the second mate, looking down "Ailie wants to see you, Glynn, my boy," said Captain Dunning, as the Captain Dunning went below, and looking into Ailie''s berth, nodded his _Red Eric_ and landed Glynn and Ailie, Tim Rokens and Phil Briant on the "So do I," said Glynn, looking at the child''s thoughtful face in some little child, Glynn Proctor (of course), Dr Hopley, Tim Rokens, Phil The captain shook his head, but made no reply, and the men looked


id: 21711
title: The World of Ice
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  "Send the men aft, Mr Thompson," said the captain, as he paced the deck Let the men look sharp; we''ve no time to lose, and hot work is Captain Ellice made no reply, but ordered four of his men on deck to "Look alive now, lads," said Grim, as the men pulled towards the whale; "Keep her away two points," said Captain Guy to the man at the wheel; after day passed, and the ice round the ship still remained immovable, ice, and the whole crew--captain, mates, and all--worked and heaved like of men to cut a canal through the young ice from the ship to the island. men fell upon to pass the long dark hours of an Arctic winter, we may, "Look here, Mivins," said O''Riley, as the captain went below, "can ye "Try a bit of the bear," said Fred to Tom Singleton; "it''s better than When Captain Ellice and Fred looked in, the old


id: 21731
title: Fighting the Whales
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  The captain laughed, and, looking up at the sky, said, "I don''t like the "Tom," said I, "what like is a whale?" the whale, which could not yet be seen by the men on deck, I saw a brown before I had time to ask what it was, a whale''s head rose to the with Tom Lokins, got upon the whale''s body, with long-handled sharp "Hand me an iron and line, Bob," said Tom, looking up at me. The shark came close to the side of the whale at that moment, and Tom hold a whale''s head under water for much longer than an hour, it would men took to their boats at once, and in _ten minutes_ the ship went "I''ve been thinkin''," said Tom slowly, "that if a whale makes his "There she blows!" said Tom Lokins, in a low voice, as the fish came up


id: 23674
title: Swept Out to Sea Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
author: Foster, W. Bert (Walter Bertram)
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  sloop as "an old tub" and said it wasn''t rigged right and that I didn''t "Let me tell you, Paul Downes," said I, sharply, "that no person has any "You threaten a good deal like your son, Mr. Downes," I said, unable to I knew he was--like the hen in the story--"laying for me!" Paul Downes I knew, however, that the whaling bark was not likely to touch at any "Seems a powerful sight of whales, Mr. Robbins," the old man said, Old Tom sailed the sloop most of the time, and I gave my attention to nothing about the man looking like me; but of course, Tom didn''t know to come face to face with this man whom Tugg said was so much like me. "Where are you going from here when your Sea Spell sails, Captain Tugg?" "I''d never come aboard this old tub if I''d known what whaling was like,"


id: 1356
title: The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
author: Bullen, Frank Thomas
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  CHAPTER III--FISHING BEGINS The cleanliness of a whale-ship--No looking over the wide sea, the time passed quickly away until eight whale-line, manilla rope like yellow silk, 1 1/2 inch round, was brought like most "deep-water" sailors, I knew very little about boating. appearance, no better fishing-ground would be likely to come in our way. her splendid character as a sea-boat, hardly shipping a drop of water; whale-ships should never stay too long upon one fishing-ground, but move our boat, looking as little like a man to take sauce from a drunken By the time we were fairly off, the other ship''s boats were coming like to the ship, leaving our three boats busy waiting the whale''s pleasure fact, that one hand was holding the boat alongside the whale''s "small" Several times we saw other ships with whales alongside, of the whale saw the long, dark mass coming, and, like a practised


id: 11105
title: Jack Mason, the Old Sailor
author: Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)
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  Jack Mason had been to sea a great many times when I first knew him, When I was a little boy, Jack fell from the high mast of the ship, and deal of time on board of a ship, and have seen a great many places, tell stories about what they saw where they went, we do not know Shall I tell you some of the stories that this good old sailor told me "O yes, Mr. Thinker, tell us all the stories the old sailor told you." When I went in the whale-ship, I saw another tribe of Indians, that house." The little Indian girl wanted to go with us, so the captain the boat went back to the ship again, and got the rest of the men. asked his father to let the little boy come and sail in his ship.


id: 11602
title: The World of Ice
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  "Send the men aft, Mr. Thompson," said the captain, as he paced the deck Let the men look sharp; we''ve no time to lose, and hot work is Captain Ellice made no reply, but ordered four of his men on deck to "Look alive now, lads," said Grim, as the men pulled towards the whale; "Keep her away two points," said Captain Guy to the man at the wheel; things, they meet with red snow and a white bear, and Fred makes his things, they meet with red snow and a white bear, and Fred makes his after day passed, and the ice round the ship still remained immovable, men fell upon to pass the long dark hours of an Arctic winter, we may, "Look here, Mivins," said O''Riley, as the captain went below, "can you When Captain Ellice and Fred looked in, the old


id: 32029
title: Seed of the Arctic Ice
author: Bates, Harry
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  [Sidenote: Killer whales and seal-creatures tangle Ken Torrance in an Ken nodded and walked to the torpoon catapult, hearing Streight''s Ken lay full-length in the padded body compartment, his feet resting on Ken saw that it looked like a long chase, and settled think about the disappearance of Chan Beddoes, the _Narwhal''s_ second from a dying killer whale''s flukes bursting his torpoon''s seams; perhaps torpooner still lived, as the sea-suit stored in each torp contained doubled its speed in an effort to get away; but Ken Torrance saw this He was upright, many feet away from the killer whale''s carcass, his arms Rapidly Ken opened and closed his eyes, and It was the face of Chanley Beddoes, the lost second torpooner of the Close as was his face-shield to Beddoes'', Ken could not see what his Ken closed his eyes. Ken made out the killer lifting its flukes for a second blow.


id: 36881
title: The Sea Bride
author: Williams, Ben Ames
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  Faith, ashore, had liked Dan''l; she was a little afraid of the new man There was, in Dan''l Tobey''s boat, a little man named Mauger. He had Mauger thus trembling and wild when Noll Wing came on deck, Faith Dan''l stepped a little nearer Noll, and said in a low voice: "His eye is working in Noll Wing, which Faith, and Dan''l Tobey, and all who looked Dan''l pointed forward; and Willis looked and saw Brander talking with Dan''l and Roy, Faith and Noll Wing, Dan''l said harshly: "I never heard that Noll Wing feared any man." Brander smiled; and Faith looked at Dan''l and waited for his word of Dan''l scowled; Noll looked up heavily, met Brander''s eyes. "You''re a strong man, Dan''l," said old Noll. Noll said stoutly: "I''m not a hand to fear any man, Dan''l. Dan''l said: "Faith and Brander are together, on deck, whispering...." He


id: 43959
title: The Arctic Whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean
author: Holmes, Lewis
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  BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF THE WHALE SHIP CITIZEN, OF NEW this narrative containing an account of the wreck of the whale ship good or bad, will reach home long before the ship returns to port. Ship Citizen sails from New Bedford.--Captain, Officers, and Ship Citizen sails from New Bedford.--Captain, Officers, and The whale ship Citizen, of New Bedford, owned by J. early commanders of the whale ship Hector, of New Bedford, for the a large number of whale ships, for the purpose of obtaining recruits. ships taking whales and stowing away oil, was one of exciting and number of ships; sometimes whales were plenty, and at other times Natives.--Hope unexpectedly revived.--Ship in Sight.--Comes Natives.--Hope unexpectedly revived.--Ship in Sight.--Comes lived near the wreck until October 3, when the whale ship Citizen, of ships in that ocean, and, at the close of the whaling season, they


id: 46390
title: There She Blows! Or, The Log of the Arethusa
author: Macy, William Hussey
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  "I thought the ''Pandora'' had sailed before this time," said the old starboard boat''s crew, went ashore, and the ship made short boards old man and his mates were thinking of all the ships that ought to whale''s movement, and in time the ship wore round and stood along near likely young man about the ship, and as for his conduct in a boat you "Right whales!" said the old man. "Where is the whale?" said the old man. "He has run it into the ship, of course," said Father Grafton. The two boats left the ship about the same time, the captain setting "He say let _me_ go ship--see old man--keep _you_ here--me no like--me "Brace full and down tacks!" said the old man, as soon as the boat was "We ought to see him from deck by this time, then," said the old man. "Ship Colossus''s Larboard Boat," said the old man, triumphantly.


id: 51910
title: A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora
author: Lindsay, David Moore
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  Looking forward, I saw the little ship taking tons of dark water ship stuck hard and fast in the ice, and presented to me a wonderful and board her supplies and exchanged her beautiful whale-boats for a number In the course of a short time the captain''s boat got fast to a whale, some time the whale was killed and towed to the ship, which was reached boats started in the direction of the ship with the whale in tow. boat-steerer was standing on the ice, and the man in the ship''s barrel The ship was anchored to the ice and the boats whale went under the ice, but came out nearer the ship and was fastened having the ship painted, so the boats were put upon the ice and the men the Captain, I went on the ice to look at the ship.


id: 63211
title: A Year with a Whaler
author: Burns, Walter Noble
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  later on that sailors of whaling ships usually are paid off at the end of herded aboard whale ships like sheep, how they even fight for a chance to the captain''s boat was left to work the ship and Mr. Landers and Gabriel "Dere he white waters--blow!" added Gabriel as the whale came to the Between the ship and the boats, the whale came quietly to the surface at "Don''t you know that a boat that gets fast to a whale in that ice will be With storm-reefed sails, the boats went plunging away over the big seas, boat that had struck the whale the cutting in of the head was his job. ship was in whaling waters from now on, the crew had little to do except the island and the ice looked good for whales and the ships hunted it out sail, the brig set about the work of pulling the whale out of the ice.


