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WHALERS IN THE TROPICS.

Max Wendrich writes in the Singupere Free Prese

Lying else to Jonston's Fier and mixed up in the gathering of lunches and twakows which lie elcso inshore, there might have been Even during the past few days two curious little vessels flying the flag of Norway, and of a build and appearance unusual here. So curious indeed was it to see whaling ships in our tropical barbour, that I took an opportunity of visiting them. Travellers of to-day who are accustomed to the Boating palaces of many thousands of tous burder, might feel inclined to see if at the possibility of vessels of this size suiling Brence the serlil, for they are of little more than twenty seven tons. a size of ship in which old time mariners

ariners made many notable

voyages, but which nevadays ens locks on as

Yet

fit only for crasting down a kindly shore.

Less little ships lase pored their ability in a Long voyage Lalf round the world, for they aro The true sailers of the ocean, and may well claim a real relationship to the great sea. There is not much to my about the external ap pearance of the skips, the bow is higher tha the stern and its deck overhange the stem, omewhat in the fashion of an ice breaker. The lize of deck is broken only by a maet, funnel, skylight, palley and bridge. Forward is a powerful winch and a cuple of boats Lung from davits,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 13rg, 1907.

The next few moments are anxious ones. If the shot bas gone home the great bruto may die quickly, if not he may turn and chargo the vessel, and hurl his tons of weight at ecormanus speed against the ship. Then it is that the whalenien have to Bight for life, a beat has gone and many and

TOLDY

down from that furicus charge with never a life saved. But perhaps the zen ginut decides to rau al for three or four hours at anything from twelve to fourteen keots, the whaler is towed beadlong through the senthing waters utterly helpless. When at length the whale's fory is spent it is dragged alongside, a chain pat round the body and it is towed to the nearest coast station.

Captain Elofsen a record is four whales in one day, a sufficiently remarkable day's work. A hundred foot whale will fetch three thousand Norwegian kroner or say £150 and there is for the Cepain besides his waper, a bonus of fifty or a hundred kroner on encḥ catch. The gun harpeora with grenade eest à hundred kroner. sad to each is attached 450′ fathoms of line and only fifteen of these barpo e are carried. Captain Ellefsen's

voyage companion, Captain Augustin of the Copard, falle Hils behind 450 in his record, for twelve years have seen whales alçugside his ships, and he is still but 32 pears of age. There are several Norwegian whalers working on the Siberiau coast and as these two brave reusels go to join the Best on Japanite account, they will for two years work near the famed Smoky Seas of Kipling, where many natione dip furtively in and on smnggal the seal rockeries, and many a man meets donth ‘iu a hidden era and a bidden fight."

RARE BIRD SHOT AT RSINIO.

The Peking und Titulain Timesof March 16th

Fa$8 ;• —

Arora avis" in the shape of a Hoopce, was hot in the Hailway compound at Hanho on Monday. The Chinese ray they have never setti the hird in these parta before. It is branded by the ander the name of the Cofiu-Bird" as they often breed in the holes of exposed Chinese

coffins.

southern Europe in summer, being in some The species is found all over centra) and places very plentiful; but it is a rare visitər to the northern parts and has disappeared from some countries, like Denmark, for instanco whore the felling of the old and bellow forest trees has deprived it of its accustomed breeding places. In some places the bird is disliked, and in Scandinavia, where it occors anly in the southern and central porticus, it bears a lad name among the pengantry, whe suppose it to be a foreboder of way and hard-times, and from this circumstance ite name Harfage!!" or arm bird," in derised. Mons Pay er says, that in Tangier the superstitious Jews and Mahonedass both believe that the heart and feathers of the Hoopes are charms against the mechizations of evil spirits,

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Captain Ellefsen of the Fatron is a typical Norman, tall, broad shouldered, with fare and body styled by Arctic sean; a quiet good-hearted man. The ship was going to the whart and en arriving there I went below with the Captain For twelve years he bad worked up and down the coasts of Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland, ever weeking the whole where it was best to be found, often:

is hundred or a hundred and fifty miles from the shore and exposed to all the fury of Arctic gales in the great northern storm waters Recently there came to him from far off

an order frem his company to go Tonsberg, to Japan, and with light heart these mariners seff on their long journey from Sewfoundland to Japan with never a thought of the perils by the way.

The Falcon jest Newfoundland on January the thirty first, made the Azores and stopped a day and half and reached warm waters in the samy south on Feb. 18th when she arrived at Algiers For Captain Ellefsen was abla

to great the Captain of the Cap Nord, another slip

of the same type, and together Wi:b they continued tho jenenes East. steps at Fort Said, Aden and Colombo, the vessel fically arrived here after fifty-six days travelling. Rugb weather at times cer fainly, but the rest time, at least fine as these sea dogs reckon it, though hardly so to meet skippers. They corded and provisioned during their tay, the capacity for coal being about sixty tong and therefore a thing not to be used without need. Below thore is no luxury and little comfort. A tiny cabin, in which four great Norsemen could barely spread their Timbs, or deck the ekylight as table, tin box as seals, and the bests to sleep in, since the captain and his three officers take watch off and on in pair. The Falcon is under a hundred foot long,

lees than tweely broad, but she is well-engined and can go wine knots, and her crew of four Notse--ferre, tive('hinese servant and firemen and three Japanese show no sigues: realising flat they are living the strenuous life.

It is a change to tropical sens after Steen years fighting the ies in the Arctic, end the Captain bears the imprint of the great lone north on

bis Weather-beaten ince In a esptured six baudred dozou years he bas whales and so him standing on

his for ward deck besides the gun, a great burdia of

The sexes are alike in colour, excepting that clothing and sea boots, watching the tumbling seas with keen pureed-up eyer for the first signs the female is a little paler. It produces its of the whale, and you see hira as he has been foruotes by paffing out the sites of its neck, and many years, prepared for a cald of forty legra hamwering on the ground at the production of Reaumeur, caring nothing for the dashing is each note, thereby erlasting the air at the spray, and not much for an cerasional bath in end of the series of threr, which makes up its the freezing waters which tumble round bis song. Before it repeats its call, is repeats the

puffing of the neck with a light gurgling acis ship. Truly a salted seaman.

When it is able to strike ita bill, the sound emitted is the correton-hoa-kao," but when perched on a rope, and only jerking out the song with mods of the hoal, the votes more Darwin recombis the sailables hob-Lob-bek," makes much of this lust fact to show that soun birde have izstrimental means to produce their

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Thus he stands when on his precations business, and as the whale is sighted away goss tim Falcon menomtring till within about thirty yar A moment's waiting as the great man- wal dives and an instant's sighting as it rises again, and the gun is fired, and the henry har poen lands in the body, the greende exploding in the great mass of flesh,

The length of the one shot at Hsinho was inches: wings from tip to tip measuring 18. The upper surface is greyish brown, the wings and shoulders black barred with white, the

der surface between the legs being pure White, on the boad, which is taway coloured, is an enormous cres, the feathers of which have black tip, before which is a narrow white lar third of its length from the sad. Underneath the tail is black, with a white band at about a the body is pale cinamon, white on the aldomen and ander tail coverts, the Tasks stripad with brown; the beak, which is carz. measured 2 inches long.

NEWBRO'S

THE YOUTH AND THE PIPE.

A Youth, just growing up to Mon, Was seized with Tastes bicotion, So bought a Pipe, a brand-new Briar, Wherewith to compass his Desire.

He filled it, lit it, found it drow, Then vigorous puffed for all he know; Bat roon, with an expressive Frown, He throw the Thing, disgusted, down; For, sure, the Taste of burning Wood Was rearce to pet it mildly-good: Indeed, unless had chocked it

quick, That Flavour, rank had turned him sick.

Next Day he went a Friend to see A seasoned, Feteran Smoker be Whese Rack displayed full many a Pipe With frequent Lange coloured ripe.

"Come choose you one and take a Fill.". Replied his Visitor · "I will.*

He cunse and filled an ancient Briar, Applied the Vesta's beedful Fire, Then pulled, half-nervous, lest he should Again be choked with burning Wead

But soon observe his Face expand la Smile contented, placid, bland For nought of sickening, woody Taste The Bucey's Flavour now

*#faced; Instead, there did his Palate greet A Banquet nutty, mellow, sweet.

"Abflucky Man, whose Pipes are old,” Ha eried, with Eavy ancontrolled,

And so are spared the nauseons Savon re White with new Weed one's Bacey Bavours! Dear Boy, my Pipes," bis friend returned, "Would ne'er this mellow Age have earned. Unlese, with Perseverance due,

I'd served myself to smoke them now:"

MORAL..

Who'd reap the Pleasures of Snecess Must first endure its Toil and Stress.

BISHOP AND BARMAID.

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Portugal, 1888; Commercial Treaty, 1904. CHRONICLE | FINAL PROTOCOL made between Chins and

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1907.

THE FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL ISSUE

The DIRECTORY covers the whole of the

TREATIES WITH JAPAN

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TREATIES WITH CORRA Japan, 1876; Japan Sapplementary, 1876; Japan. 1905. United States, 1882; Great Britain, 1895.

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Paitsiho Chingwaotao Tahu Nowouweng the present political dispensation, it is hardly

Tairea- surprising that such a Peckeniflan measure sa the abolition of harmaitis should be under the Port Artur rensid ration of the Home Secretary. It will Chefou be a small matter, no doubt, to the self-styled Waihaiwei friends of the people to throw a large unmber Kiaochent of hard-working womer out of employment, if Tsinanfu thereby they can placate the Chailands and Makdan Stigginses upon whose flocks they so largely Skaughai depend for place and power,

Scochow

I was amused, by the way, by a recent sugges. Chiakiang tin of the Bishop of Kensington-who, weed- less to say, has no sympathy with this suggested Tokyo "starving out" of a whole class of femain wage. Yokohama

that in future it would be well to Hyego pley as harmuid wemen-who are overthirty Kobe

Shimonoseki years of age.

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The good Bishop's intentions are obviously i excellent, fays a writer in. The World; but! if he had sufficient opportunity to study the feminine signs of the times he would know that, ip these days, the average woman of all cases is only just beginning to get her battery of fascinations into full working order at the age be mentions. If he said "over sixty," now. Ex.

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Nanking

Wubu

Kewkiang

Hankow

Yochow

Shansi

Ichang Changhiat Hangchow Ningpo Winchow

Wuchowfa

Kwangobou wan Pakhoi Hoihow Lungehow

Santu Foochow Amoy Swatow

Meugtza

Flokow Szeman

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Osaka Moji

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HONGBONG AND ITS DEPENDENCIES

Навой Haiphong

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Manila

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