The young prisoners are taught to be good citizens, and the result has
been very fine.
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We were talking about right whales not very long ago. Now, if we may
believe what we hear, a fine large right whale has been caught off the
Long Island coast, and the fishermen are highly pleased.
It seems that one of the beach patrol caught sight of some whales out at
sea. Hurrying to the telephone, he called up the Life-Saving Station at
Amagansett, and handed on the news.
The whole fishing population of Amagansett immediately turned out, and in
a few minutes five boats were launched, and were quickly in pursuit of the
whales.
A good many of the Amagansett men were old whalers, so they knew exactly
what to do, and soon coming up with a fine young whale, they succeeded in
harpooning him. Three of the five boats reached the scene in time to
harpoon the whale, at the same time, and then the trouble began.
A harpoon is a sort of a spear, to which a long rope is attached. This
spear is hurled at the whale by a sailor who stands in the bow of the
boat; it has a barbed end, like that of a fish-hook, and if it once gets
into the flesh of a whale it will hold fast, and the struggles of the
great fish cannot pull it out.
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