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'i'o"stiss VI Wnf4es, alter being out nne nnanths. hoFnsa., dye sae2 ssl.as. got into port agin. to have sailed LID along side ot some lass and ha' got the parson to sphce us together-but if we go on in this- here fashion, i'll have two or three more trlps to make, atore can steer for the port of matrimony.o

 sIs that you, Jack Rollins, arumblin, like sick nor'wester, about whales? Pm not afeard yet. liant We got a good tight boats-a'n't she well rigged and nanend! and han't We got a good captain!a

 "Ay, ay, Sir, all that's as true us the bi- bie-but it's the luck Pm d. grutnblin about Blast my eyes! if VIC don't have to turn in ;filui catch porpoises to i;llI fil GUT Lordt-Lcrdl Sir-when was round here three year ago, in the Atylanty, we wer'n't here more nor a month, and we had three of the raal spermers hove up along side but now, we might as we'll make what the land sharks calls a whaledlctury to the whales, for any thing I can see. What do you say, Master Ephraini?"

 The person thus addressed was another sailor, who was rising like ghost from for rard'. Ephraim Searle was a long, thin Fermonter, who had left his native hills and travelledto Nantucket, ito teach tic young idea how to sheo:s, but not succeeding so well as suited bis aspiring genius, he had shot himself aboard a whaler. He had long and sanctimonious yisage-a thin and sharp nose--a pair of small, twinkling, keen eyes-a little mouth-and pair of legs, each about as big as d pipe stem, and bear ing the same proportion Gas Jack said) to his hull, that the legs of a pair of tongs do to the body. This was Mir. Ephraim searle. When " addressed by Jack, he made answer slowly and with vile nasal twang;

 sNell, caount ii booty much of slim chance, l tell ye. It looks as though the' was abaout as many wales here, as the, mouaht be on top O the Green Maountains. It's considerable slim chance, l warn ye., 7

 (Which, Ephrain?- on top of the Green Mountainsl''

 "Roth-both. Dam the wales!--they're as scace as beans used to be in old Grim shaw's soup-and there you mought fish with your spoon week, and never get one. But We don't ought to grhmble, no way.- We've got pleniy to eat and drink---and that-are's q great consolation.''

 "ies,o said Jack, sits what the preacher what l heard in New Bedford, said we @ tssssa. s!!as s,i' for--I believe that was the word. My eyesl--l thought some . his big words would get athwart his throat sometimes and choke him.o

 "Hush, Jack!" solelnnly interrupted Eph- raim," never scof' at a minister's pronaoun- sation and varbs and pronaouns---,don't ye. It's very irreyalant and improper. It's an enonnity to their magnanimous dignity" "Whew! rll put that down in my log In awmetty to their meg nanny mouse dig nutty. Don't let any of them big words fall on deck, or you'll break your shins over 'em.1

 ssWhales to the leeward Hurrah!'' was shouted from the top--and just then small column of water ascended into the air, at a distance of about two miles, and then fol- lowed splashing and comnotion in the water. A general shout arose from the crew, and the captain rushed on deck. 1 "HuTrah!" said he, in high excitement, ssdown with all the boats, and man 'em, my boys-and we'll have some fun.n

 The boats were immediately lowered, and manned with their respective crews. The Captain and Mate were each steersman oi boat, and Jack Rollins of the third; and in short time they were all making theil way towards the whales There seemed to be goodly number of the animals, an( , the sight was sufficient to excite any oBe even were he not whaler. Some lay slug. gishly on the water, and others alternately appeared and disappeared, or splashed the

 sea about them III their unwieldy gambols. Each boat chose its whale, and at one and the same moment the hafpooH Of each steersman struck his victim. ssStarn allt' shouted Jack, as the animal whirled round at the stroke--but 1t was too late, and one blosp of the monsters tail sent the fragments of the long and slender boat into the air. i and the whale lay houndering and rolling fo moment Or two, and then finging his tai high in the air darted down as if he sough the untfod bottom of the ocean. The linei attached to the harpoons Of the other boat: i were cut, and few strokes of the oars 1 brought them to the spot where the crew -si 3t sis..ee eaalferea hnAI were struggling WltI the waves. By the time they were taken

 up, the three whales had again emerged and were soon despatched with lances.--- They were then drawn up alongside of the vessel, and the work of the whalers com lnenced in good earnest.

 x x # < It was midnight. The huge carcasses oi ti, h..I been loosed from the ships side and were