Samuela

But most are using their reserves of foreign currency, like Samuela (ph).

CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2001 2001

When I told Samuela, of his chance, he was beside himself with joy.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

Samuela, never even looking at the cow, hurled his harpoon, with all the energy that he had been bursting with so long, at the mighty bull.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

Samuela grew so tired of it that he seized his harpoon, and hurled it into the middle of a company of kauwhai that were calmly nosing around the bows.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

I had not yet changed ends with Samuela, as customary, for I felt it imperative to keep the helm while this game was being played.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

My two -- Samuela and Polly -- were not very big men, but sturdy, nimble as cats, as much at home in the water as on deck, and simply bubbling over with fun and good-humour.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

His appearance was only momentary, yet in that moment Samuela hurled his harpoon into the air, where it described a beautiful parabola, coming down upon the disappearing monster's back just as the sea was closing over it.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

Samuela was "all there," though, and as the great beast passed he plunged a harpoon into him with such force and vigour that the very socket entered the blubber it needed all the strength I could muster, even with such an aid as the nineteen-feet steer-oar, to swing the boat right round in his wake, and prevent her being capsized by his headlong rush.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

Once, one of the smaller ones actually came sliding up right into our hollow; but Samuela and Polly promptly dispatched him with a cut throat, sending him back to encourage the others.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

Samuela, the biggest of my two Kanakas, very earnestly informed me that he was no end of a "number one" whale slaughterer; but I judged it best to see how things went before asking to have him promoted.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886