boarship

Updated: June 20, 2025

He was frequently hunted, and though struck by the balls shot at him, escaped uninjured, his tough hide proving an impenetrable barrier to all assaults. There is always, however, some vulnerable point to be found, and in 1874 some Spanish fisherman, taking an undue advantage of his boarship, shot him in the eye, and then clubbed him to death.

Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) Bishop - Four Months in a Sneak-Box