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id: 21202
title: Fighting the Whales
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  The captain laughed, and, looking up at the sky, said: "I don''t like "Tom," said I, "what like is a whale?" of the whale, which could not yet be seen by the men on deck, I saw a ship; before I had time to ask what it was, a whale''s head rose to the with Tom Lokins got upon the whale''s body, with long-handled sharp "Hand me an iron and line, Bob," said Tom, looking up at me. The shark came close to the side of the whale at that moment, and Tom cuttle-fish as long as a whale-boat. men took to their boats at once, and in _ten minutes_ the ship went "I''ve been thinkin''," said Tom slowly, "that if a whale makes his "Don''t you know?" said Tom Lokins, "why, it''s a glass that makes little "There she blows!" said Tom Lokins, in a low voice, as the fish came up


id: 23260
title: The Two Whalers; Or, Adventures in the Pacific
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
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  out of ear-shot, I heard Captain Bland remark to father that he liked of their ships, the "Eagle," Captain Hake, just about to sail for the for four years on board the good ship "Eagle," South Sea whaler, Captain deal besides, thanks to Medley''s assistance, by the time the ship was and the captain, rushing on deck, ordered a boat to be lowered. On his return to the half-deck, Medley said to me, "Now, Jack, let us Medley, go with me?" said Captain Bland. brought the ship to an anchor in the harbour, when Captain Hake came on get Captain Bland to beg him to allow me to remain on board the "Lady we got nearer I shouted, and soon Captain Bland appeared, followed by captain below, soon coming again on deck told the men that he was appearance of Captain Bland and his boat''s crew caused no little


id: 21714
title: The Red Eric
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  "What''s come of Glynn?" inquired Captain Dunning, as he accepted a large "Surely, captain," said Glynn, putting down his cup and looking up in Glynn," exclaimed Ailie, looking round and heaving a deep sigh; "Looking at the fish, Ailie, as usual?" said the doctor as he came up. escape poor little Ailie had had, and the captain''s tears, things he had "The captain wants Glynn Proctor," said the second mate, looking down "Ailie wants to see you, Glynn, my boy," said Captain Dunning, as the Captain Dunning went below, and looking into Ailie''s berth, nodded his _Red Eric_ and landed Glynn and Ailie, Tim Rokens and Phil Briant on the "So do I," said Glynn, looking at the child''s thoughtful face in some little child, Glynn Proctor (of course), Dr Hopley, Tim Rokens, Phil The captain shook his head, but made no reply, and the men looked


id: 21711
title: The World of Ice
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  "Send the men aft, Mr Thompson," said the captain, as he paced the deck Let the men look sharp; we''ve no time to lose, and hot work is Captain Ellice made no reply, but ordered four of his men on deck to "Look alive now, lads," said Grim, as the men pulled towards the whale; "Keep her away two points," said Captain Guy to the man at the wheel; after day passed, and the ice round the ship still remained immovable, ice, and the whole crew--captain, mates, and all--worked and heaved like of men to cut a canal through the young ice from the ship to the island. men fell upon to pass the long dark hours of an Arctic winter, we may, "Look here, Mivins," said O''Riley, as the captain went below, "can ye "Try a bit of the bear," said Fred to Tom Singleton; "it''s better than When Captain Ellice and Fred looked in, the old


id: 21731
title: Fighting the Whales
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  The captain laughed, and, looking up at the sky, said, "I don''t like the "Tom," said I, "what like is a whale?" the whale, which could not yet be seen by the men on deck, I saw a brown before I had time to ask what it was, a whale''s head rose to the with Tom Lokins, got upon the whale''s body, with long-handled sharp "Hand me an iron and line, Bob," said Tom, looking up at me. The shark came close to the side of the whale at that moment, and Tom hold a whale''s head under water for much longer than an hour, it would men took to their boats at once, and in _ten minutes_ the ship went "I''ve been thinkin''," said Tom slowly, "that if a whale makes his "There she blows!" said Tom Lokins, in a low voice, as the fish came up


id: 1356
title: The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
author: Bullen, Frank Thomas
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  CHAPTER III--FISHING BEGINS The cleanliness of a whale-ship--No looking over the wide sea, the time passed quickly away until eight whale-line, manilla rope like yellow silk, 1 1/2 inch round, was brought like most "deep-water" sailors, I knew very little about boating. appearance, no better fishing-ground would be likely to come in our way. her splendid character as a sea-boat, hardly shipping a drop of water; whale-ships should never stay too long upon one fishing-ground, but move our boat, looking as little like a man to take sauce from a drunken By the time we were fairly off, the other ship''s boats were coming like to the ship, leaving our three boats busy waiting the whale''s pleasure fact, that one hand was holding the boat alongside the whale''s "small" Several times we saw other ships with whales alongside, of the whale saw the long, dark mass coming, and, like a practised


id: 51910
title: A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora
author: Lindsay, David Moore
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  Looking forward, I saw the little ship taking tons of dark water ship stuck hard and fast in the ice, and presented to me a wonderful and board her supplies and exchanged her beautiful whale-boats for a number In the course of a short time the captain''s boat got fast to a whale, some time the whale was killed and towed to the ship, which was reached boats started in the direction of the ship with the whale in tow. boat-steerer was standing on the ice, and the man in the ship''s barrel The ship was anchored to the ice and the boats whale went under the ice, but came out nearer the ship and was fastened having the ship painted, so the boats were put upon the ice and the men the Captain, I went on the ice to look at the ship.


id: 63211
title: A Year with a Whaler
author: Burns, Walter Noble
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  later on that sailors of whaling ships usually are paid off at the end of herded aboard whale ships like sheep, how they even fight for a chance to the captain''s boat was left to work the ship and Mr. Landers and Gabriel "Dere he white waters--blow!" added Gabriel as the whale came to the Between the ship and the boats, the whale came quietly to the surface at "Don''t you know that a boat that gets fast to a whale in that ice will be With storm-reefed sails, the boats went plunging away over the big seas, boat that had struck the whale the cutting in of the head was his job. ship was in whaling waters from now on, the crew had little to do except the island and the ice looked good for whales and the ships hunted it out sail, the brig set about the work of pulling the whale out of the ice.


