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his feet & legs adorned with huge, Blubber Proof Boots!  From the mass of Blubber between us, I could not make my way to him - therefore directed my steps on hearing his warlbering voice & ^[[sighting]] his joy Speaking 
"pliz" , to the [[strikethrough]] can [[/strikethrough]] cabin below.  Soon down came Capt. B. the very model of a happy man - His grasping hand now felt warmer - or gave a more [[strikethrough]] gloing [[/strikethrough]] glowing rush of heart responding blood to me.
Capt. B expected me back ^[[yesterday]] from the  understanding we had if weather [[strikethrough]]
 succeeded [[/strikethrough]] Succeeding my starting proved bad.  In answer to my enquiries he said ^[[that]] 1st Whale struck ^[[was]] down middle of the Bay opposite "Look-out" just about the time I had got 1/2 way across to Parker's Harbor - Monday.  2d Whale secured Wednesday, yesterday Both Bull Whales - longest Bone ^[[of such]] little short of 10 feet - each catch (supposed) will make 100 barrels.  Smith's Boat made fast to 1st &  Lamb's to 2d This makes 2d whale Smith's boat has [[strikethrough]] 1st m [[/strikethrough]] made fast to this voyage I regret to learn that one of Lamb's men, John Anton, came near losing  his life by a blow from the Whale's flukes wh knocked him senseless for a while ^[[wounding him seriously.]]  The catastrophe was thus:  Lamb's Boat was under full sail when he (Lamb) raised this Whale - The Boat was instantly directed [[strikethrough]] to up to Whale [[/strikethrough]] to the huge [[?ground]] ]] running in quick time the short distance to it.  A fact of an exciting character, I find, that the Boat ran under a Six Knot breeze a little obliquely ^[[(in direction of its heading]] on to the Whale, [[strikethrough]]but[[/strikethrough]] boats bow actually mounting that part of the Monster out of water near its tail - at the same instant the "Boat-header" (Morgan) throwing with all [[strikethrough]]his[[/strikethrough]] the force of a bold, determined man one after the other, 2 irons (harpoons) squarely into the Whale.  The Whale feeling the strike of the Boat & the simultaneous pangs of the deeply struck Iron, desperately & fiercely responded to this attack by striking his flukes to the right & left with the ^[[force]] [[strikethrough]] power [[/strikethrough]] of a thousand horse engine.  The sea became white with its ^[[maddened]]
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Transcription Notes:
Pages 449-450 in Hall's book.