In the morning Mills said he would go and see what he could get from her on the beach, and ordered his brother, Charles Mills, and Coakley to go out looking for whales.  All the boats used to go out before daylight, and dodge one another round the Bay for miles.  It was cold work sitting in the boats.  The men stayed out until ten or eleven o’clock, and went ashore that day on the Convincing Ground, which was so-called because the whalers used to go down there to fight, and convince one another who was the best man.

In the afternoon, about two o’clock, it was Davy’s turn to go up a tree to look for whales.  In looking round the Bay towards the Bluff, he saw a boat with a whiff on.  He jumped down, and told Charles Mills, who said:  “Come on.” there was a great rush of all the boats, but Mills’ boat kept well forward of the lot.  When they arrived off the Bluff they found Captain Mills had fastened to a whale, two other loose whales being near.  They pulled up alongside him, and he pointed out a loose whale, to which they fastened.  Mansfield, of the Hobarton party, fastened to the third whale.  Davy came aft to the steer-oar, and Charles Mills went forward to kill his whale.  He had hardly got the lance in his hand when the whale threw herself right athwart the nose of the boat.  He then sent the lance right into her and killed her stone dead.  Mansfield, in hauling up his whale got on top of Captain Mills’ whale, which stove in Mansfield’s boat, and sent all his men flying in the air.  There was a rush then to pick up the men.  Charles Mills, finding his whale dead, struck a whiff in the lance-hole he had made when he killed her, cut the line that was fast to her, and bent it on to another spare iron.  Mansfield’s whale then milled round and came right on to Charles Mills’ boat, and he fastened to her.  This gave him a claim of one half of her, so that Mills and his men got two and a half out of the three whales.  The men were all picked up.  Mills’ whales were anchored about half-a-mile from the schooner, and the boats went out next morning and took them in tow.

The whales tow very easily when fresh killed, but if they are allowed to get stiff their fins stand out and hinder the towing.  When the two whales were brought alongside the schooner, the boats of Kelly’s party were seen fast to a whale off Black Nose Point.  Charles Mills pulled over, and when he arrived he found a loose whale, Mansfield and Chase being fast to two other whales.  Mills fastened to the loose whale, and then the three whales fouled the three lines, and rolled them all together like a warp, which made it difficult to kill them.  After the men had pulled up on them for some time with the oars, two of them began spouting blood and sickened, and Chase’s boat got on to them and capsized.  Then the whales took to running, and Mansfield cut his line to pick up Chase and his crew.  Mansfield’s whale being sick, went in a flurry and died.  Mills’ whale and Chase’s worked together until Mills killed his whale; he then whiffed her and fastened to Chase’s whale, which gave him a claim for half, and he killed her; so that his party got one and a-half out of the three whales.  Chase and his crew were all picked up.