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... spermaceti . Some idea may be formed of the capacity of the case , from the fact , that in a large Whale it will frequently be found to contain ten large barrels of this valuable product . Immediately beneath the case is placed " the ...
... spermaceti . Some idea may be formed of the capacity of the case , from the fact , that in a large Whale it will frequently be found to contain ten large barrels of this valuable product . Immediately beneath the case is placed " the ...
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... spermaceti dipped out of the " case " by a bucket at the end of a pole . The " junk " is then cut into oblong pieces , and the remainder of the head , with the carcass , cut adrift . The oil is afterwards extracted from the blubber and ...
... spermaceti dipped out of the " case " by a bucket at the end of a pole . The " junk " is then cut into oblong pieces , and the remainder of the head , with the carcass , cut adrift . The oil is afterwards extracted from the blubber and ...
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... spermaceti is purified in the same manner . The products are then stowed away in barrels in the vessel's hold . The following narrative , from the interesting work of Mr. Beale , gives us a vivid picture of this excit- ing pursuit ...
... spermaceti is purified in the same manner . The products are then stowed away in barrels in the vessel's hold . The following narrative , from the interesting work of Mr. Beale , gives us a vivid picture of this excit- ing pursuit ...
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Albacore Algæ animal appearance beautiful beneath birds bivalve boats body breeze called canoe Captain clouds coast colour coral Corallina officinalis Crab creatures crew Crustacea dart deck deep depth distance Dolphin edge elevated Entomostraca fathoms feet fins fish fishery flesh floating Flying-fish foam frequently fronds Fuci Gannet habits harpoon head height hook horizon hundred immense inches Indian Ocean islands isles jaws lagoon Laminaria land length light marine mass miles minute motion mouth Narwhal native nearly object observed Ocean Pacific peculiar picul Polypes prey proa rapid reef resembling rising rock rope Rorqual round sail Sargassum scarcely Sea-pen seen Shark shell ship Ship ahoy shoals shore side sight singular skin sometimes species Sperm Whale spermaceti Spitzbergen substance surface swimming Sword-fish tail tentacles thick tide tion usually vessel voyage waves Whale whole wind wing
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Page 5 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 358 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 229 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 22 - ... turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff", and the cummin with a rod.
Page 173 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. "Day after day, day after day, 115 We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Page 173 - For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Page 172 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — ' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast.
Page 5 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Page 178 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Page 8 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.