Azores where the Outward Bound nantucket whalers frequently touch to august men their crews from the hearty peasants of these rocky shores. Log 238, ship three brothers. Joseph mitchell ii, master and keeper. August 4th, 1846, floor, azors, first part employed in getting off recruits. We shipped or took six men to go the voyage with us. Their fathers and mothers pave their consend for them to go. I mentioned men, but they were only 16 years old. The life buoy. At sun rise, this man went from his hammock to his mast head at the fore. He had not been long at his perch when a cry was heard. A cry and a rushing. And looking up, they saw a falling phantom in the air. And looking down, a little tossed heap of white bubble in the blue of the sea. The life buoy, a long slender cask was dropped from the stern. But no hand rose to seize it and the sun having long beat upon this cavity had shrunken so that it filled in every for and the studded iron bown cask followed the sailor to the bottom as
Take turns reading a few selections from the novel of mobydick. The Nantucket Historical association provided this video. Nights and squires. As for the residue of the peace cause company, it said that at the present day, not one into employed of the many thousand men before the mast employed in the american whale fishery are americans foreign. Oh pretty nearly all the officers are. No small number of these willing seaman belong to the azores, where the Outward Bound nantucket whalers touch the cruise from the presence of these hearty rocky shorts chores. Log to 30, eight ship three brothers. Joe sentimental ii, master innkeeper. I guess the fourth, 1846, flores, azores. First part employed and getting off recruits. We shipped or took six men to go on the voyage with us. Their fathers and mothers gave their consent for them to go. I mentioned men, but they were only 16 years old. But the life buoy. At sunrise this man leaped from his hammock to as masthead at the four. He had not belon
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