. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . THK SKIN AFTKlt KKMOVAL. FAREWELL TO ALASKA. matter. The smell of the killing-grounds is not particularly agreeable,and therefore we will not stay there any longer than is necessary to seehow the operation of securing the skin is COAST OF ALASKA NKAU ST. PAULS ISLAND. 288 THE YOUNG NIMKODS. CHAPTER XXIV. AMONG THE WHALES.—INCIDENTS OF WHALE-FISHING. AS soon as the steamer had landed the supplies brought from SanFrancisco, and taken on board the skins that were ready for trans-portation to market, she was announced to start on
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . THK SKIN AFTKlt KKMOVAL. FAREWELL TO ALASKA. matter. The smell of the killing-grounds is not particularly agreeable,and therefore we will not stay there any longer than is necessary to seehow the operation of securing the skin is COAST OF ALASKA NKAU ST. PAULS ISLAND. 288 THE YOUNG NIMKODS. CHAPTER XXIV. AMONG THE WHALES.—INCIDENTS OF WHALE-FISHING. AS soon as the steamer had landed the supplies brought from SanFrancisco, and taken on board the skins that were ready for trans-portation to market, she was announced to start on the return her southerly voyage she did not touch at Sitka, but proceeded direct-ly to San Francisco. The winds favored her, and in far less time thanshe had consumed in going to the North she was entering the GoldenGate. The voyage promised at first to be a monotonous one, but the promisewas not kept. One day, while they were loitering around the ship, and endeavoringto while away the time, onr friends were startled by a report of whales insight. They ran to see the monsters of the ocean, and sure enough therethey were. There were at least a dozen whales visible not more than a mile right in the track of the steamer. As they drew near, the boys coulddistinctly make
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