. The Red Eric; or, The whaler's last cruise. A tale . THE DISPUTE. 229 Glynn felt Somewhat elated at this unexpectedpiece of success; to do him justice, however, hetook it modestly. In a few minutes the whalerose, but it had changed its course while underATater, and now appeared close to the leadingboat of the other ship. By the laws of the whale fishery, no boat ofone vessel has a right to touch a whale that hasbeen struck by the boat of another vessel, solong as the harpoon holds fast and the rope re-mains unbroken, or so long as the float to whichthe harpoon is connected remains
. The Red Eric; or, The whaler's last cruise. A tale . THE DISPUTE. 229 Glynn felt Somewhat elated at this unexpectedpiece of success; to do him justice, however, hetook it modestly. In a few minutes the whalerose, but it had changed its course while underATater, and now appeared close to the leadingboat of the other ship. By the laws of the whale fishery, no boat ofone vessel has a right to touch a whale that hasbeen struck by the boat of another vessel, solong as the harpoon holds fast and the rope re-mains unbroken, or so long as the float to whichthe harpoon is connected remains , in defiance of this well-known law,the boat belonging to the captain of the strangeship gave chase, and succeeded in making fast tothe whale. To describe the indignation of Captain Dun-ning and his men on witnessing this act is im-possible. The former roared rather than shouted, Give way, lads! and the latter bent their backsas if they meant to pull the boat bodily out ofthe water and up into the atmosphere. Mean-while all the other boat
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