The Deep Sea Hunters: Adventures on a Whaler

“Come on, I don’t believe it. You can’t fool me that way,” replied Tom, tossing aside his book. “What’s the joke? Why the old _Hector_ wouldn’t float—she’s had grass growing out...

The boys scarcely could wait to finish their breakfasts, so anxious were they to see the owner of the _Hector_. Arriving in New Bedford across the harbor, they at once hurried t...

No sooner had the bark commenced to move down the harbor, than a magic change appeared to take place. At the wheel, one of the boat steerers stood staring ahead and deftly gave...

No sooner had the whale been sighted than all was bustle and hurry. Orders rang out sharply and rapidly; the men sprang to their tasks; the great yards swung and the bark was ho...

Four days after their exciting experience with the U-boat the boys saw the hazy blue mountains of the Azores looming above the horizon, and all through the day they watched with...

Apparently Father Neptune was anxious to show his appreciation of the welcome he had received on the _Hector_, for the day after his appearance, a light breeze sprang up. Taking...

“’Long ’bout forty-five years aback,” began the old man, as all gathered about to hear his story, “I were secon’ mate o’ the _Greyhoun’_ bark, out o’ New Bedford—Cap’n Ezra Clap...

Although it was early summer in these southern latitudes, the weather was chilly and desolate. Great, cold, green waves came rolling from the west, their crests breaking in hiss...

“Wall, we ain’t a calc’latin’ on that,” replied Cap’n Pem, “but jes’ the same, we wouldn’t be so bad off ef she didn’t. We’ve got a-plenty o’ grub an’ if wusser come to wusser I...

Early the next morning, preparations for the killing began. Armed with clubs, tin pans, flags and pieces of cloth, the men made their way along the beach between the big herd of...

The boys actually had tumbled into camp from the hill behind the shack, and they joined heartily in the laughter of the men, when they related their story of being lost in the fog.

Meanwhile, upon Elephant Island, things had not been going well. For the first two days after the departure of Cap’n Pem and his boat, the work of killing and boiling had gone o...

As the boat grated upon the beach and Cap’n Pem and the two boys leaped ashore, Mike started to relate his story of the raiders and the battle, but in the midst of his narrative...

Day after day, the wind held fair and steady, and the gallant, old bark hurled herself through the hissing seas as though she knew she was homeward bound and as anxious to see N...