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Show Witt wilh a Ilumnliark A halt. Caji!. I-muel Hortmi, of the sehooiier Ccct'itt at.-t.Jim N.lt, has had anexierier.ee Willi a hump-tiackid hump-tiackid whale uliieh h dues not 'rue to reeaL Il3 l-ound from Pamboro to SL John, and w hi a oil Quale a humpbacked wha'e hove iu sight. The captain's attention was attracted to it, not only ou account of its great size, Isit because of thc uuu-ual sight of sucii a u hale in northern waters. The ninth-, however," how-ever," mado at once for the srhooner, and began to play about It as If It thought t!ie essel some sea inoaster. It then became aggressite, bumping bump-ing against theschooner and cau-ing cau-ing a panic among tho crew. Ke-peatedly Ke-peatedly did it strike the ve-el's nulllu this way, nearly foundering tlie cralL Capt. ilortou tried to kil tlie animal, first bj bint hooks, then by shooting, but neither availed. He then attempted to escape from it, aud a unique race-between race-between ship and whale Ugan It continued tw edays, whenthe reach-etl reach-etl SL Joiin harbor and the whale gaveup the contest, returning to the open sea. Captain and crew were bothexhausted.noneof them having slept a wink during tlie time they were trying to t--caie from tlie whale, which was seventy feet QDg.I1ii'adilptiia Ltdycr. |