Show CONVOYED BY A WHALE pacific ocean accompanied on n voyage by a monster of the deop pacific ocean whales are sometimes very friendly especially off the coast of los angeles county cal on more than one occasion they have astonished if not alarmed sailing parties who have been becalmed these whales says the york journal are harmless and their attentions are merely from curiosity but to have several of them floating in close proximity is not altogether pleasant v hat is supposed to be the same whale ais earned a reputation for during the summer norths it frequently met a large steamer off shore and either followed it along jr played about entertaining the passengers hy spouting on one trip the itself ahead of the steamer ul swam with it so that he captain was obliged to siow dov i nd finally stop fearing to run into the huge creature on another occasion the steamer bad m board as passengers the medical so airty of california consisting of ral hundred physicians when about aalf way over the appeared and at once displayed unusual friendliness it swam up to the vessel and turning followed her along so near that iff spray of its spouting came aboard abut the eye of the could be plainly the steamer slowed up for a few minutes occasionally as the whale became too friendly and alie passengers had a fine opportunity to see a whale but a few feet away |