 I looked anxiously for a view, when, unexpectedly, I saw the white of his belly far beneath the water, and quite away toward the stern. He was thus behind me, but wheeling suddenly to the right, I pitched the harpoon at him, across the oars, and felt...  Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections - Page 1661910 - 8 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1913 - 764 pages
...for the latter, and when I approached the spot, I saw the water boiling up like a caldron — from which sign I knew that the fish was throwing his somersets...the surface without being pulled, and showed great distress — and we resolved, then, to draw upon him and get a second harpoon planted. It was after... | |
 | William Elliott - 1867 - 306 pages
...for the latter, and when I approached the spot, I saw the water boiling up like a caldron — from which sign I knew that the fish was throwing his somersets...the surface without being pulled, and showed great distress — and we resolved, then, to draw upon him and get a second harpoon planted. It was after... | |
 | 1909 - 704 pages
...us, so as to give slack line. I inferred from these signs that he was mortally hurt. As often as lie approached the Middle Bank and shoaled the water,...at Bay Point, we did not interrupt. About this time lie came to the surface without being pulled, and showed great distress — and we resolved then, to... | |
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