. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. uly 26th. Saturday. All hands were * ma-king off the fish. They were at it early and hadfinished by noon, and then there was a generalclean up for Sunday, but strict watch was were only white whales and some narwhalsaround. The tusks we took from those we killedand those we had bartered for, always lay on theafter grating, which covered the well down whichthe auxiliary propeller went; there was neverenough motion to roll them off. July 27th. The usual Sunday gale was blowingand we were dodging about under canvas all was out on a y
. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. uly 26th. Saturday. All hands were * ma-king off the fish. They were at it early and hadfinished by noon, and then there was a generalclean up for Sunday, but strict watch was were only white whales and some narwhalsaround. The tusks we took from those we killedand those we had bartered for, always lay on theafter grating, which covered the well down whichthe auxiliary propeller went; there was neverenough motion to roll them off. July 27th. The usual Sunday gale was blowingand we were dodging about under canvas all was out on a yard during a snow squall andfound it very exciting. This was my first attemptat taking in sails when there was much wind. Wespoke the Narwhal; she had seven whales andreported the Arctic as having eight and allthe rest well fished. Towards evening wesailed to our favorite fishing groimd on the southside. July 28th. Monday. All hands were away aftera whale at six A. M. We had a long pull, and lostiier for a time amongst the loose ice. Rounding. Copyright by Underwood and Underwood, Heave away Capstan IN THE WHALER AURORA 189 this, however, we reached her again and the mategot fast, McLean putting in a second. We passedboth boats and were in at the kill. When we hadbacked off once for a flurry, I looked around andsaw Watson lancing. I thought the flukes wouldhave smashed his boat, he took such awful whale rolled about a great deal, and bristledwith lances which she had torn from the menshands by rolling. She was also dreadfully tan-gled up with lines which had caught on thelances. Tliere is sometimes danger from beingcaught under these lines and cut in two. Whena dead whale is lying on its back, the abdomen liesvery low in the water, and, when freshly killed,sinks with a man when he walks along it. As wewere a long way from the ship, she came after usand we soon had the whale alongside. The cap-stan was used for taking on board the big blanketpieces. At the orde
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