His line began to run out from under his feet, and in an instant caught him by a turn round his body.

He had but just time to cry out, 'Clear away the line! Oh, dear!' when he was almost cut asunder, dragged overboard, and never seen afterward.

The line was cut at that moment, but without avail.

The fish descended to a considerable depth and died, from whence it was drawn to the surface by the lines connected with it and secured." Whaling has almost ceased to have a place in the long list of our national industries.

Its implements and the relics of old-time cruises fill niches in museums as memorials of a practically extinct calling.