One morning, at daybreak, they brought him up to a large, long whale.

He darted his harpoon, and missed; and the fish sounded.

After a while, the monster rose again, about a mile off, and they made after him.

But he was frightened, or "gallied," as they call it; and noon came, and the boat was still chasing him.

In whaling, as long as the fish is in sight, and no matter what may have been previously undergone, there is no giving up, except when night comes; and nowadays, when whales are so hard to be got, frequently not even then.