[8] A cougar or mountain lion.
[9] An expression meaning to stir up a whale's inside with a lance. When a whale spouts blood from his blow-hole, his chimney is spoken of as being afire.
PART II
CHAPTER I
"ADRIFT"
All three castaways were close together, and floated easily enough in the life-buoys with head and shoulders above water.
"Thrown your life away, Jim," jerked out the rover, as he skilfully avoided a big breaker. "The old man won't round to—no boats."
"Ain't there no chance o' gettin' aboard the whaler?" asked the boy. "She's dead to windward, an' seems to be driftin' down our way."