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in the air, gave a threatening shake, and descended.

i43 THE EXAMINER.

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| from the masthead, to watch where he would none ‘water again. Some of these fish keep the payer —| under water as on the surface; but, as itis a rule Wi

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THOU DOST NOT LOVE ME. ‘scanned for many miles round. As the ship now

Thou dost not love me! take away | moved quickly (on a wind) through red Hagens hoger hose arms that twine around me ; ‘came up with the boats, two of whic a coal I thought thee true as tongue can say: |ed up, and two taken in to astern. I think thee—what I’ve found thee. ‘ship also filled away and stood on. eee a Go, take to other maids thy kiss, | As we were now situated, we had an m5 88 : 7 ae Nor deem of me so lowly, ‘of testing the sailing qualities of the respectiv iad That I could stoop my heart to this, }On we went, ‘ pitching into it like two — — 1. A love so false, unholy. |After having run a short distance on tals ae ‘ships hove about, each captain endeavouring to ou | neeuver the other, and the crews of both obeying the ‘orders given, in silence and with increased alacrity. (The captain was now pacing the deck and looking ‘round with increased uneasiness, and at last called the steward to pass hin a glass of brandy and water to try what luck that would bring. | This being done, away he tramped up and down again. As the time drew near the eyes of all, except | the man at the wheel, were strained. | 5 ae A RIVAL WHALE CHASE. | Ps ~ aft there. Cover every inch of Wa er | When we were four days out to the northward of the” * Ay, ay, sir.’ | island I have mentioned, and everything in perfect! «here he blows on the lee quarter. There) order on board, early inthe day one of the lookouts at/ again.’ the masthead sang out, | *Putthe helm up, square away the yards, mind the’ ‘Sail, ho? ‘steering of those boats astern, and stand by to ots ‘Where away ? off” were all orders given, and as quickly obeyed. ‘On the weather beam, sir.’ The other,{ may now call her, rival ship, did the | *Can you make out which way she is stand-' same; and both ships were right before the wind under — — if she headed Met : ‘a press of sail, and making ne white pene 44 ngnt she looks as if she headed right for us. and left from their bows, Gur ship from having a bound-| Our worthy skipper here took a walk up stairs, or, in ing stag for a figure-head aa indifferently carved, | other words, ascended the rigging, and seated himself! indeed resembling more an ass’s head than that ofa! on the maintopgallant crosstrees. stag, was familiarly called by us the ‘ Jackass, and, by, On the deck, there” |way of alark, some of our lads tied a bunch of vege-| ‘Sir? a ‘tables temptingly before him to try and verify the old) ‘ Keep close to the wind. adage of ‘ Persuasion better than force” At all events, Ay, ay, sir, responded the officer. ; ., ;on we welt whizzing through it, soon showing the other On we went easily for some time, the sail to wind-| ship her stern. | ward apparently steering fair for ns. We could now! ¢Hurra for old England! we have the best of | see her lower sails from the deck. Suddenly she! jt? . altered her course, and, getting a more broadside view! The American even set his lower studding-sail, but | of her, saw atonce she was an American whale-ship! all would not do. We neared the whale fast. When) — srg wl ads adlibaei inal cane| rout half-a-mile to windward of him, the stern boats; S Sang) were cast off and set their sails to increase their speed ; = the Captain. |the ship rounded to, Jay still, and we dropped two meee Ay, ay, sir, responded the whale crew, iboats. The other ship by this time passed our stern, vite he whale or wink vere ‘Every voce was umgen,oztt aya bat al agin aving ay re re. . he hushed, and nothing was heard save the splashing of yen we had aclose view: boats and fish appeared | the water under the ship s bows, intermingled. ‘On deck, there ! ‘ Now then, my hearties,’ cried the captain. | Inthree different boats the boat-steerers stood up to

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{ wili not have thine arm so fond, Nor hear thy tongue’s deceiving : Oh, what are words when all beyond Is full of deepest grieving! Take, take thy false, false kiss away, Those eyes, those looks, that chil] me; i cannot, will not, dare not stay— Thy falsehood else will kill me!

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‘Sir? _ "Phe first man that sees the whale, I will give i strike ; it was a moment of great suspense and ex- jacket and trousers.’ ‘citement; away flew the harpoons from two boats; a ’ , ley . . Ay, ay, Sir,’ again from the men, who were mostly tremendous plunge of the fish throwing foam about in’ here and there up the rigging. ”

UU ‘all directions, covering and shading all from view with A Tahitian, who was one of the crew, and who had \the spray. We could distinguish two or three oars sent the lookout at the foretopgallant masthead,

leslie: 4am bel 7 Sang out high intotheair. The disturbed water subsided, and |

wr * - ey im blows. one of our boats was towed along rapidly clear of the ‘here? or

; on throng.

* Dere, sir,’ pointing on the weather bow. ‘Hurra! hurra! hurra!’ burst lenin: em-dinied:. ont

‘ Dere again,’ ; gal ‘ship: the cheer was wafted to our fast boat, the officer! The captain adjusted the glass to his eye, and in-| fae bi é s eye ‘of which acknowledged it by wavine stantly roared out. ‘A large whale bending right for’ Of : ne in cmp then.

us! Stand by the boats, there’ four times over his head, ya » eee. ' The whale now altered his course to windward, and

t he skipper descended now to the maintop. The| went rapidly through the water. He headed right for | men were all excitement. Most of them threw off) oy; ship, all the rest of the boats pulling as hard as their shirts, leaving on only their trousers. The whale they could after the one fast to the whale, thos was coming down at a steady rate, and the American| : al cae _ wae shinstusder a.enund of me aan T| ioe certainly a sight highly animating. On he came for us, we) @ of sail, in chase. l€ SKIpper|causing fresh uneasiness lest he mi ik addressed the men from what they called the pulpit, | ship, s might strike the the maintop, and said, | ‘Back the headyards,’ shouted the captain.

‘Now, my Jads we have a fair cl > of j t , ‘ afair chance of the whale} O i : , Py n the fish came, his enormous head nearing y

with that ship: let ussee who will first dart an iron in| minute oa eee

tohim. Back the mainyard,’

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aes oe on the ship’s signals when y turning pale with anxiety.

off? 3 Ships sig you are; The ship had gathered sternway on her ust as |} ? Amen, aie.’ |came up, and he foamed through the water close unde "AY, By, Sir. lour bows; in fact, so close that the iron pole

Phe whale was now about two miles off, and a noble-| were sticking in him close to his hump graz

looking fellow he was. ‘cutwater. It was an extremely ordfitientia| escape. If

‘Lower away four boats.’ ‘the ship had not had sternwav a : | t the time he Splash went the boats into the water, and the stout | ” would have

stove in the bows. ashen oars were fairly doubling with the exertion the} Such things have been attended with extreme] men made. ‘disastrous cireumstancesbefore now. The crew of the

It was a time of anxious excitement. The Yankee’s} fast boat was now hauling in the line and approachin boats were also down, and their chances appeared close to the body ofthe whale. By and by the line * equal. Our boats required no signa] from the ship to the boat was bowed, and the boat ranged up alongside guide them, as it was quite evident they saw their the ash. The officer now handled his lance and push or Fre we a yet ving still with the mainyard ed it with both hands into him, no aback. *rom the deck we had now a full view of both; ‘Haul in the line again, straighten, dart i the whale and the boats, and al] deeply anxious forthe again; and a thick spray of florid Siiad das blown fhe moment to strike. The boats at last eased their way in |his spout hole = ee to oe eet on the whale, which still * Dart again. —A quiver ofthe flukes.

eadily apparently unawares pursued his course.| ‘Stern all ? andthe b ] Sea they bad pled clon op Wika sol dhe tee the ode ; ie boat slacked her line to get out of pooner st wit Iron in hand to start, the whale| The whale was only a short distance off, i buried his head in the water. Uprose the flukes high| profusely, so that i water in its wake eee

distance around was quite red. It raised its

A large whale generally Sounds from half to three|halfout of the disturbed water, and gavea rade: ec

quarters of a hour, so the next business was to fil] away |The boat payed out more line to e

; keep furth on the ships, keep them close to windward, to prevent fish then commenced running in a cite at eat in

them dropping to leeward, and keepa good look out!regular and rapid rate. Some of the other boats hud by

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this time came up: one of them pulled too close to the whale, and with a blow from the flukes of the fish was knocked to pieces. After this exploit the whale beat the water furiously, turned on his side, and died,

The men in the stoven, boat, which was ours, were picked up by the others, and three thundering cheers from both ship and boat ended the conflict. I must here record, that though we took the whale from the other ship, and though we were of rival nations, a hearty good will prevailed on both sides; our people pleased at their success, the others at our not letting the whale es- cape. We now made a board or two with the ship to windward to reach the whale, and, heving put ona heavy fluke rope, hauled him alongside and hoisted up our boats. As the sun was now setting to the westward, in all the beauty of a tropical sky, we made everything ‘snug’ for the night. ‘The American ship crossed our stern, wishing us al] joy of our prize, and stood away to the northward. Such was the scene and termination of this animated and rival whale chase.

it always seems unaccountable to those looking on,and even to those in the boat, how it can get stoven or brok- en up, and men knocked out of it by the whale, without some serious damage and loss of life being the conse- quence, yet so it was with us. ‘The boat’s bow was struck clean off, and, of course, filled with water. The men resorted to the usual method of keeping themselves afloat, by supporting themselves on oars, a bruised arm to one of the men, and the damaged boat, which was afterwards made as good as new on board, we escaped this time.

When all were safe on board the jabber of the crew was continued to a late hour, and, may add, until sleep put a stopper on, theirtongues. As for our evening in the boat it was extremely lively. The captain, and, in- deed, I may add, all the officers, were in high spirits at. having saved ourselves and jockeyed Jonathan out of the tish ; and with the exception of a few men on deck to look after the whale and ship, all had ‘turned in’ to rest themselves for the following day.— fiom Culter’s Adven- tures on the West Coast of South America.

THE FIGHT OF THE GRAMPUS.

The mate had been looking out with a spyglass, and observed a sail to windward.

‘Jump aloft, one of you who has good eyes, and tell me what you make out of that craft with the suspicious rake in her masts, on our weather bow!”

‘ Ay, ay, sir? they again sung out, in full chorus; and away several scampered up the shrouds, peil-mell. Among the rest was perceived the s light figure of lad, who ascended with remarkable agility, and left the others far behind. The mate could scarcely credit what he saw, and gazed aloft in amazement.

‘ Maintopgallant, there” hailed the mate.

* Ay, ay, sir! replied Isaac, in as gruffa voiceas he could muster for the occasion.

‘ W hat sort of craft is that to windward,—and how is

ishe standing ?”

‘It is a small black schooner, all legs and arms) re- plied Mr. Maintopgallant: ‘and she is bearing down upon us under a press of sail! Now she runs upa flag, which you can make out from the deck with the glass; and, by the flash, and the smoke she makes, she has just fired a gun!

Presently, a dull, heavy report came booming on the breeze, and a thundering sound echoed against the side ofthe ship. The glass was bent upon the approaching schooner, whose hull had not yet entirely risen out of the water. Her flag was found to be French.

‘Steward—call the captain ! cried the mate, in alarm: ‘Forward, there !’—cail all hands on deck-~stand by to put the ship about!’

‘Ay, ay, sir,’ echoed along the deck, and every sailor stood ready at his post for prompt action.

Seth and Jethro now appeared on deck, wondering not a little atthe uncommon stiron board, and surprised to find everyman ready, whenever the word should be

‘He's into us! He’s into us!’ muttered the skipper] given, to put the ship on a new direction, ‘ ;

jail this mean, mate” demanded the cap- ould thou change the course of the ship ? ad to do so without your concurrence,’ ‘but! thought it best to have every

sor prompt mancwuvring. We have a sus- ing sail on our weather bow, and she shows French colors. By the rake of her masts, I should not

| be surprised to find her a clipper, with a long tom amid- y|ships; for she has given us a gun already.’

‘Rather a dangerous neighbor for us, surely,’ said the captain, ‘especially if she should prove one of those piratical rascals that sometimes cut up our commerce, Keep her away, and see if she follows us,’ contiuued he, lowering the point of his glass,

Away went the Grampus with a free wind, snorting, as it were, like a race horse, and ploughing handsomely through the seas on her altered way.

The Frenchman steered for, and gained gradually

‘and steadily upon, the Grampus; and the event was

most anxiously looked for by all on board. The-ship, deeply laden as she was with oil, was of great value, and, as Seth thought, eminently worth preserving. But the Frenchmen were determined she should change cwners,—for they managed their little craft with great skill, and altered their course in chase whenever Macy changed his. The breeze was brisk, and suited the schooner toa crack; while the laden ship, though the fleetest of her class, could not show her heels to advan-