Identifier: huntingtrappings00pric (find matches)
Title: Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: (Price, J. P. Hyde), 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bros
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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we shall have foodand oil for many moons. Next day the ship sailed out accompanied by hundreds of canoes. Thesea was still rough after the hurricane, but not a canoe was upset. Thecaptain knew that whales do not like hurricanes any more than men, andthat they come in for shelter between the islands where the water is calmer. It was not long before the lookout at the mast head yelled There sheblows, whale on the starboard bow ! Instantly all was excitement. The crew rapidly tumbled into theirboats and in a few minutes they were clear of the davits. The whale-boat is a very buoyant craft. It is double-ended so that it canbe uo^ed either forward or backward. The crew consists of four rowers, anofficer who steers, and a harpooner who stands in the bow. The harpoonis a barbed headed instrument, and when it enters the whales side it cannotbe drawn out. To the harpoon is attached several thousand feet of strong line.This line is coiled in barrels and is placed in the bottom of the boat. The
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IN THE CROWS NEST, ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WHALES. WHALE HUNTING IN THE SEYCHELLE ISLANDS rowers sit with their feet wide apart and allow the line to run between theirlegs. The only other furniture in the boat is an ax to cut the line in case ofaccident, and lances to throw at the whale when the boats get alongside. As the boats shot away the canoes followed, keeping some distance offfor fear of frightening the whale, who was swimming on the surface, uncon-scious that enemies were swiftly drawing near. The mates boat reachedthe whale first, and the instant the crew stopped rowing the harpoonerplunged his weapon into the creatures side, yelling, Backwater, whilethe natives in the canoes screamed with delight. In a second the whaledived, its tail making a mighty splash as it vanished. The line ran out ofthe barrels and over the bow so fast that the friction almost set fire to thewood-work. The rope in one barrel is tied to the end of that in the next barrel, sothat when one coil runs out the

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