. The seashore book : Bob and Betty's summer with Captain Hawes . hurled his har-poon into the big creatures side. The whale at once made a great commotion, slashing about and beating up thewater, then diving deep down. The sailors paid out the rope attached to theharpoon as the whale went down. Sometimes they had to cut it to keep from beingdragged under. But when this did nt happen the whale would come up after awhile and start away dragging the boat along at a terrific speed. In time hewould get tired and the boat would again be rowed near, and a lance thrust intohis side until he was quite
. The seashore book : Bob and Betty's summer with Captain Hawes . hurled his har-poon into the big creatures side. The whale at once made a great commotion, slashing about and beating up thewater, then diving deep down. The sailors paid out the rope attached to theharpoon as the whale went down. Sometimes they had to cut it to keep from beingdragged under. But when this did nt happen the whale would come up after awhile and start away dragging the boat along at a terrific speed. In time hewould get tired and the boat would again be rowed near, and a lance thrust intohis side until he was quite dead. It was all exciting and dangerous work, for sometimes the whale would attackthe boat and splinter it to pieces with a blow of his tail, and the men, often badlyhurt, be thrown into the sea, and sometimes lost. The dead whale was towedoff to the ship, here he was moored to the side, and the body cut up. The greatpieces of fat blubber tried out, that is, melted in pots over the fire on the deck,and the oil run off into barrels and stowed away in the
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