captain, he !?id to me, :rir/e must get himr, and- rre trt strai6ht avJo.x
and- got the fi:rl hook, a long chain and- ai"o , piece of meat e
and he 1et it down just into the water. At on.L tv,io sm;:11 f ish
galne along and smert the meat . ancl r,rhereupon they rushed. back
to telI the ble fish, 
The captain vra.s supposed. to knorr they
had to find- eats for ilre bie iisn. 
trihereirbon the bis fish
pushecl along and as this type cannot rift 
its head., he turned.
on his back and- grabbed- the meat, Idhereupon the ci.ptain gave
V sharp pu11 anci the hook caught in ihe fishos throat. 
TEe
Captain pulled- it a.bot-it tr,lo feet above the r,.iater ancl the fish
started. to thrash the nater,rrLh its te.ir. 
r fclt very scrry
for such cruelty to d.umb aniuals, but the captain said_ the
fish lras too strong ano must be iamecl. I{e aitea sailors to
bring sciile ropes. They rrere forned. into slings and. throrvn over
the f ish r.rhich lras then pulled. onto the d.eck.
?he cook. ca.m.e arcng riith ;r choppet cnd. chopped- ics i.ieacr of f
and the te.il harf through. rt r,,os u6a.su_red. then-, ancl lvent fron
!"1f to hea.d-e iitliclr l';i:.s llfeet. 
h'e coulcl nor.i go nearer and. Iook
into the f ish e s oouth. soue sailors r,rith strong sticks r,rere
tolc to open the nouth anci- get the hook out agrin. rt r.ras then
chopped_ into pieces thrown into the seao
There r'.ras a friendly atmosphere anong the onlookers being
able to vlitness a sea creature lose its Uattfe.
some tiue later in the south sea, rre salr soue whales go
along, and- they looired like upburned. boats. I,iow anc again they
spurted. a stream of r.;ater into the air, 
I'/e r,iere glad. they d.ici
not come near L1s .
Auong the f eathereo creatures tha.t visited. us there Tiere
srrarms of albatross. cne of them took the opportunity to fry
overhearl vihe:re the Cantain shot it . 
f t f el1 tnto the d.eck, Lead..
ft ueasured. from. r^ringlgip to wing-tip, g feet, 
The Capiain got
one of the ereu to puIl its f eathers*, -'rr,i"h he took. t purrEa
a couple of st::orrg r,ring feathers, thinking to make writing pens
of them. The bi1d.s bod-y itas then throlrn overboard- as t rre"Capia:.n
said it rras not fit for human consumption.
Af te:: .rlJ- ttris resi;i-rig in tire Ilobsons BaY s it a,ll came
b?"F to Be r r,ihat rie haci experienced on the roira trip, and. r
triished to see something of iterbourne" r got nI r.iistr, and. a man
in a small boat caue near ou.t ship a,ncl I Iskecl hia ii he rrould.
talte ue. He asl


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