The seashore book : Bob and Betty's summer with Captain Hawes (1912)
Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943 · Boston : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 42
re. Now the children were really excited. Oh, if only one should happento come this summer! The Captain said that would be just a chance; itwas hardly a thing you could count on. When the ship reached the far-away seas where whales were tobe found, lookouts were stationed aloft at the masthead to… … sailors went after the whale. When they came up with him they rowed asclose as they dared, and the harpooner in the bow of the boat hurled his har-poon into the big creatures side. The whale at once made a great commotion, slashing about and beating up thewater, then diving deep down. The sailors…
Sailing · Seashore
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