Show WHALES ARE WILD BUT PLENTIFUL IN NORTHERN SEAS SAN FRANCISCO Nov Noy 7 The rhe The steam whaler Belu Beluga a. a Captain Porter arrived d from rom the Arctic yesterday with poun pounds s of bone bona ent 80 two seventy two fox tox skips skins and one bear skin Captain Port Porter r confirmed confirmed con con- firmed finned the report from that theother tho the other ships of or the fleet were safe scle and were coming homo home with big catches Captain Porter who has b ben en going to the he Arctic for many years cars said that never never never nev nev- er b before tore had whal whales s been so eo plentiful as the they weT this season Nino Nine whales jell ell before the tho harpoons of ot the tho D Belugas Beluga's Captain Porter said that he never saw sOw the whales so wild There Ther were thousands of ot them but the they were ere ver very vary hard to catch Tho The Beluga lost tour four our whales that had boon been harpooned I In n each case the wounded mammal took refuge refUgO under tho the Ice which necessitated cutting the line that held him prisoner I The Beluga encountered groat a-groat deal of ot ice ce Several times the whaler was completely com cam com I pl telY surrounded but butch ch each time a 0 favorable fa In- turn of ot the th wind enabled the j I to force their vessel easel Into clear water In one Jam it took the Beluga I ten days das to extricate Itself and when It got ot clear the propeller was so IO badly I damaged that tho the ship w went nt under the I shelter of ot H u Island and there thore shipped chipped a 0 now new propeller The Beluga left October 25 5 I T Two o da days s 's s before leaving a 0 terrific southeaster southeaster south south- easter swept into the harbor The steam whaler Belvedere which left October 22 z for tor this port and has hns not yet arrived ed must have havo been bee driven far to the tho northward bv by the storm The B Belvedere lv dero had six whales The Beluga Deluga left the Sherman with twelve whales nt at Tho The William with four tour whales sailed October 25 for this port Tho Beluga spoke t Xi f. Thrasher October 14 with fire 0 whales |