 | Lewis Amadeus Anspach - Labrador (N.L.) - 1819 - 554 pages
...which, at the prospect of unavoidable danger, is cut, and the boat rises again. If the whale re-appears before she has run out the whole length, she is looked upon as a sure prey : the blood which she has lost in her flight weakens her so much that, if she sinks again, it is but for a short... | |
 | Hector St. Joh Crevecoeur - 2006 - 246 pages
...disappear from human sight; and everything must give way to her velocity, or else all is lost. Sometimes she will swim away as if untouched, and draw the cord...for a short time; the boat follows her course with almost equal speed. She soon reappears; tired at last with convulsing the element; which she tinges... | |
 | Hector St. John de Crevecoeur - Social Science - 2006 - 426 pages
...disappear from human sight; and everything must give way to her velocity, or else all is lost. Sometimes she will swim away as if untouched, and draw the cord...for a short time; the boat follows her course with almost equal speed. She soon reappears; tired at last with convulsing the element; which she tinges... | |
 | United States Fish Commission - Fish culture - 1883 - 516 pages
...then give way to her velocity, or else all is lost. Sometimes she will swim away as if untouched, aud draw the cord with such swiftness that it will set...looked upon as a sure prey. The blood she has lost iu her flight weakens her so much, that if she sinks again it is but for a short time ; the boat follows... | |
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... as voracious, they never would return home to amuse their listening wives with the interesting tale of the adventure. At other times she will dive and disappear from human sight; and everything must give way to her velocity, or else all is lost. Sometimes... 