Another writer gives the following account of a case which he witnessed in the Atlantic. Being out with fishing boats, "we saw," says he, "a whale with her calf playing around the coral rocks; the attention which the dam showed to its young, and the care which she took to warn it of danger, were truly affecting. She led it away from the boats, swam around it, and sometimes she would embrace it with her fins, and roll over with it in the waves. We tried to get the 'vantage ground' by going to seaward of her, and by that means drove her into shoal water among the rocks. Aware of the danger and impending fate of her inexperienced offspring, she swam rapidly around it in decreasing circles, evincing the utmost uneasiness and anxiety; but her parental admonitions were unheeded, and it met its fate. The young one was struck and killed, and a harpoon was fixed in the mother. Roused to reckless fury, she flew upon one of the boats, and made her tail descend with irresistible force upon the very centre of our boat, cutting it in two, and killing two of the men; the survivors took to swimming for their lives in all directions. Her subsequent motions were alarmingly furious; but afterwards, exhausted by the quantity of black blood which she threw up, she drew near to her calf, and died by its side, evidently, in her last moments, more occupied with the preservation of her young than of herself." CHAPTER IV. Whale Grounds.--Whaling Seasons, and where Species of Whales are found.--Sperm Whale Grounds.--Right Whale Grounds.-- Humpbacks and Bowheads, where found.--Right Whale not crossing the Equator.--Arctic Passage for Whales.--Maury's Opinion of the Haunts of the Whale in the Polar Sea.--Confirmed by Dr. Kane.--Vessels fitted for Whaling.--Several Classes.--Time of Sailing.--Arrival at Home.--Length of Voyages.--Seasons and between Seasons. WHALE GROUNDS, OR PLACES WHERE WHALES MAY BE TAKEN. The following embrace all or nearly all the prominent localities which are familiar to whalemen as whale grounds. The Charleston ground, Brazil Banks, Tristan de Cuna Islands, Indian Ocean, Sooloo Sea, New Holland, New Zealand, King Mill's Group, Japan and Japan Sea, Peru Coast, Chili Off Shore ground, California, Kodiak, Ochotsk Sea, and Arctic Ocean.