STORY OF THE SEA.
Captain Albert had recently returned from a long and perilous whaling voyage, and was seated beside a bright blazing fire at his own hearth. His wife sat opposite, with her youngest child in her lap, while the two sons, Edward and William, stood on each side looking earnestly in his face, that they might be quite sure their father had indeed returned, and that they were not still deceived by one of those pleasant dreams with which they had been so often visited during his absence.
“Oh, father,” said Edward, “the next time you go, take me with you, do!”
“Tell us a story of the sea, will you not, father?” said William, at the same time.
“Very well, my son, I will try,” replied their father; “and that will, perhaps, change Edward’s mind about going with me the next time.
“One day, in the great Southern ocean, we had followed a fine whale farther south than we had ever before been. The whale was enormously large, and I saw in a moment that if we could
