TOSSED BY A WHALE.
The Sydney correspondent of the Melbourne '" Argus" narrates a curious experience which befel a man named John Dodds, employed at the National-park Camp. He left Double Bay on Saturday night in a small skiff, intending to sail round to Port Hacking. As there wa3 little or no wind, lie took to the oars, and progressed safely as far as Botany Heads. While rowing very quietly along, he was struck by a large sperm whale, which rose right underneath the boat without having given any warning of its near approach. Dodds was thrown about 6ft into the air, and the boat was capsized. He managed to cling to the keel for about two hours, but finding that he was drifting out to sea, he struck out for land, which was about a quarter of a mile dii* tant. He got onshore with difficulty, but had to take to the water again, as he. could not ascend the cliffs. He was eventually taken off by a fishing boat belonging to the aborigines at La Perouse, who picked up the boat and gear, and took the shipwrecked mariner round to Port Hacking, sending two of their crew in the skiff.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2121, 16 October 1885, Page 2
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201TOSSED BY A WHALE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2121, 16 October 1885, Page 2
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