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[[note in blue ink left margin]] 1861: Oct: 10: [note]] 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]] [[end of page]]
Transcription Notes:
Pages 449-450 in Hall's book.