October 13.  “There she blows,” was sung out from the mast-head. 
  “Where away?” demanded the captain. 
  “Three points off the lee bow, sir.” 
  “Raise up your wheel.  Steady!”
  “Steady, sir.” 
  “Mast-head ahoy!  Do you see that whale now?”
  “Ay ay, sir!  A shoal of Sperm Whales!  There she blows!  There she
breaches!”
  “Sing out! sing out every time!”
  “Ay Ay, sir!  There she blows! there—­there—­thar she blows -bowes
-bo-o-os!”
  “How far off?”
  “Two miles and a half.” 
  “Thunder and lightning! so near!  Call all hands.” 
  —­J.  ROSS BROWNE’S ETCHINGS OF A WHALING CRUIZE. 1846.

  “The Whale-ship Globe, on board of which vessel occurred the
horrid transactions we are about to relate, belonged to the island of Nantucket.” 
  —­“NARRATIVE OF THE GLOBE,” BY LAY AND HUSSEY SURVIVORS.  A.D. 1828.

  Being once pursued by a whale which he had wounded, he parried the
assault for some time with a lance; but the furious monster at length rushed on the boat; himself and comrades only being preserved by leaping into the water when they saw the onset was inevitable.” 
  —­MISSIONARY JOURNAL OF TYERMAN AND BENNETT.

  “Nantucket itself,” said Mr. Webster, “is a very striking and
peculiar portion of the National interest.  There is a population of eight or nine thousand persons living here in the sea, adding largely every year to the National wealth by the boldest and most persevering industry.” 
  —­REPORT OF DANIEL WEBSTER’S SPEECH IN THE U. S. SENATE,
ON THE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A BREAKWATER AT NANTUCKET. 1828.

  “The whale fell directly over him, and probably killed him in a
moment.” 
  —­“THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS, OR THE WHALEMAN’S
ADVENTURES AND THE WHALE’S BIOGRAPHY, GATHERED ON THE
HOMEWARD CRUISE OF THE COMMODORE PREBLE.” 
BY REV.  HENRY T. CHEEVER.

  “If you make the least damn bit of noise,” replied Samuel, “I will
send you to hell.” 
  —­LIFE OF SAMUEL COMSTOCK (THE MUTINEER), BY HIS
BROTHER, WILLIAM COMSTOCK.  ANOTHER VERSION OF THE
WHALE-SHIP GLOBE NARRATIVE.

  “The voyages of the Dutch and English to the Northern Ocean, in
order, if possible, to discover a passage through it to India, though they failed of their main object, laid-open the haunts of the whale.” 
  —­MCCULLOCH’S COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY.

  “These things are reciprocal; the ball rebounds, only to bound
forward again; for now in laying open the haunts of the whale, the whalemen seem to have indirectly hit upon new clews to that same mystic North-West Passage.” 
  —­FROM “SOMETHING” UNPUBLISHED.

  “It is impossible to meet a whale-ship on the ocean without being
struck by her near appearance.  The vessel under short sail, with look-outs at the mast-heads, eagerly scanning the wide expanse around them, has a totally different air from those engaged in regular voyage.” 
  —­CURRENTS AND WHALING.  U. S. EX.  EX.