THE SPLENDID'S CRUISE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1258, 19 December 1882, Page 2

THE SPLENDID'S CRUISE.

The whalingbarque Splendid, belong-, ing to Dunedin, arrived' at Lyttelton\ unexpectedly yesterday from the Chat-! ham Islands. Captain Earle reports f that he left Dunedin ton months ago on! a cruise for whales. He went ,to the Chathanis and thence down to, the Tonga Group in the South Sea Islands and met with some luck off Apia, He left Apia on September 8, and arrived at the Chathams on October 1. The season 1 therocommences in November./ we're seen at the'groiinds; The Splendid^ l - ? had ! jnst;'taken a catch,: when fithe-.afan jof.the windlassused for diuwing up^tlie — ufish. .broke. This 'misfortune' Captain , /Earle • determined : ; to .meet, i r<. as: expeditiously as possible ' and 1 ' ' at once' sailed for New Zealand. He has got 74 tunsof oil, on board, .44 tuns of which is sporin oil Four'" sperm whales and six hump-backed ,' < ■{ fish were taken to produco this quan-' ! 1. tity., He also' fell upon a pieceVtif 1 ambergris weighing/about 491b, and, which is valued by him at £3,000. 1t.,-:', .was extracted from intestines ■of »'/•-. •<■■■ spermaceti whale, and its great value : arises from the fact that the demand ( ' k ' for it by perfumery manufacturers so ■ vastly exceeds; the supply. Excellent' -ii health has been enjoyed by everybody"' on board during, her ten months ab"j sence from New Zeaknd, and no aceL'; ' dents have occurred to the crew. 'The -;. . :i< accident to the windlass was very unlucky, coming as it has just at the opening of the season, but all haste'r'twill be made to get the vessel away,,/ V and it is to be wished that by the end of March, the close of the season, her owners will have handsome dividends to draw as the result of hor cruise.— 'Press,' December 13.