whaling-barque

Updated: May 21, 2025

A bright sunny morning; the gentle north-easterly breeze just keeping the sails full as the lumbering whaling-barque "Splendid" dips jerkily to the old southerly swell. Far beyond that stern sentinel, the converging shores of Foveaux Strait are just discernible in dim outline through a low haze.

Emilie Kip Baker - Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools