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  〃If you should write a fable for little fishes; you would make

them speak like great wales。〃

               GOLDSMITH TO JOHNSON。



  〃In the afternoon we saw what was supposed to be a rock; but it

was found to be a dead whale; which some Asiatics had killed; and were

then towing ashore。 They seemed to endeavor to conceal themselves

behind the whale; in order to avoid being seen by us。〃

               COOK'S VOYAGES。



  〃The larger whales; they seldom venture to attack。 They stand in

so great dread of some of them; that when out at sea they are afraid

to mention even their names; and carry dung; lime…stone; juniper…wood;

and some other articles of the same nature in their boats; in order to

terrify and prevent their too near approach。〃

               UNO VON TROIL'S LETTERS ON BANKS'S AND SOLANDER'S

               VOYAGE TO ICELAND IN 1772。



  〃The Spermacetti Whale found by the Nantuckois; is an active; fierce

animal; and requires vast address and boldness in the fishermen。〃

               THOMAS JEFFERSON'S WHALE MEMORIAL TO THE FRENCH

               MINISTER IN 1778。



  〃And pray; sir; what in the world is equal to it?〃

               EDMUND BURKE'S REFERENCE IN PARLIAMENT TO THE

               NANTUCKET WHALE…FISHERY。



  〃Spain… a great whale stranded on the shores of Europe。〃

               EDMUND BURKE。 (SOMEWHERE。)



  〃A tenth branch of the king's ordinary revenue; said to be

grounded on the consideration of his guarding and protecting the

seas from pirates and robbers; is the right to royal fish; which are

whale and sturgeon。 And these; when either thrown ashore or caught

near the coast; are the property of the king。〃

               BLACKSTONE。



  〃Soon to the sport of death the crews repair:

  Rodmond unerring o'er his head suspends

  The barbed steel; and every turn attends。〃

               FALCONER'S SHIPWRECK。



  〃Bright shone the roofs; the domes; the spires;

    And rockets blew self driven;

  To hang their momentary fire

    Around the vault of heaven。



  〃So fire with water to compare;

    The ocean serves on high;

  Up…spouted by a whale in air;

    To express unwieldy joy。〃

               COWPER; ON THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LONDON。



  〃Ten or fifteen gallons of blood are thrown out of the heart at a

stroke; with immense velocity。〃

               JOHN HUNTER'S ACCOUNT OF THE DISSECTION OF A WHALE。

               (A SMALL SIZED ONE。)



  〃The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of

the water…works at London Bridge; and the water roaring in its passage

through that pipe is inferior in impetus and velocity to the blood

gushing from the whale's heart。〃

               PALEY'S THEOLOGY。



  〃The whale is a mammiferous animal without hind feet。〃

               BARON CUVIER。



  〃In 40 degrees south; we saw Spermacetti Whales; but did not take

any till the first of May; the sea being then covered with them。〃

               COLNETT'S VOYAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE

               SPERMACETI WHALE FISHERY。



  〃In the free element beneath me swam;

  Floundered and dived; in play; in chace; in battle;

  Fishes of every color; form; and kind;

  Which language cannot paint; and mariner

  Had never seen; from dread Leviathan

  To insect millions peopling every wave:

  Gather'd in shoals immense; like floating islands;

  Led by mysterious instincts through that waste

  And trackless region; though on every side

  Assaulted by voracious enemies;

  Whales; sharks; and monsters; arm'd in front or jaw;

  With swords; saws; spiral horns; or hooked fangs。〃

               MONTGOMERY'S WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD。



  〃Io! Paean! Io! sing。

  To the finny people's king。

  Not a mightier whale than this

  In the vast Atlantic is;

  Not a fatter fish than he;

  Flounders round the Polar Sea。〃

               CHARLES LAMB'S TRIUMPH OF THE WHALE。



  〃In the year 1690 some persons were on a high hill observing the

whales spouting and sporting with each other; when one observed:

there… pointing to the sea… is a green pasture where our children's

grand…children will go for bread。〃

               OBED MACY'S HISTORY OF NANTUCKET。



  〃I built a cottage for Susan and myself and made a gateway in the

form of a Gothic Arch; by setting up a whale's jaw bones。〃

               HAWTHORNE'S TWICE TOLD TALES。



  〃She came to bespeak a monument for her first love; who had been

killed by a whale in the Pacific ocean; no less than forty years ago。〃

               IBID。



  〃No; Sir; 'tis a Right Whale;〃 answered Tom; 〃I saw his sprout; he

threw up a pair of as pretty rainbows as a Christian would wish to

look at。 He's a raal oil…butt; that fellow!〃

               COOPER'S PILOT。



  〃The papers were brought in; and we saw in the Berlin Gazette that

whales had been introduced on the stage there。〃

               ECKERMANN'S CONVERSATIONS WITH GOETHE。



  〃My God! Mr。 Chace; what is the matter?〃 I answered; 〃we have been

stove by a whale。〃

               〃NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK OF THE WHALE SHIP ESSEX OF

               NANTUCKET; WHICH WAS ATTACKED AND FINALLY DESTROYED BY

               A LARGE SPERM WHALE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN。〃 BY OWEN

               CHACE OF NANTUCKET; FIRST MATE OF SAID VESSEL。 NEW

               YORK; 1821。



  〃A mariner sat in the shrouds one night;

    The wind was piping free;

  Now bright; now dimmed; was the moonlight pale;

  And the phospher gleamed in the wake of the whale;

    As it floundered in the sea。〃

               ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH。



  〃The quantity of line withdrawn from the boats engaged in the

capture of this one whale; amounted altogether to 10;440 yards or

nearly six English miles。〃 * * *

  〃Sometimes the whale shakes its tremendous tail in the air; which;

cracking like a whip; resounds to the distance of three or four

miles。〃

               SCORESBY。



  〃Mad with the agonies he endures from these fresh attacks; the

infuriated Sperm Whale rolls over and over; he rears his enormous

head; and with wide expanded jaws snaps at everything around him; he

rushes at the boats with his head; they are propelled before him

with vast swiftness; and sometimes utterly destroyed。

  * * * It is a matter of great astonishment that the consideration of

the habits of so interesting; and; in a commercial point of view; so

important an animal (as the Sperm Whale) should have been so

entirely neglected; or should have excited so little curiosity among

the numerous; and many of them competent observers; that of late

years; must have possessed the most abundant and the most convenient

opportunities of witnessing their habitudes。〃

               THOMAS BEALE'S HISTORY OF THE SPERM WHALE; 1839。



  〃The Cachalot〃 (Sperm Whale) 〃is not only better armed than the True

Whale〃 (Greenland or Right Whale) 〃in possessing a formidable weapon

at either extremity of its body; but also more frequently displays a

disposition to employ these weapons offensively and in manner at

once so artful; bold; and mischievous; as to lead to its being

regarded as the most dangerous to attack of all the known species of

the whale tribe。〃

               FREDERICK DEBELL BENNETT'S WHALING VOYAGE ROUND THE

               GLOBE; 1840。



  October 13。 〃There she blows;〃 was sung out from the mast…head。

  〃Where away?〃 demanded the captain。

  〃Three points off the lee bow; sir。〃

  〃Raise up your wheel。 Steady!〃

  〃Steady; sir。〃

  〃Mast…head ahoy! Do you see that whale now?〃

  〃Ay ay; sir! A shoal of Sperm Whales! There she blows! There she

breaches!〃

  〃Sing out! sing out every time!〃

  〃Ay Ay; sir! There she blows! there… there… thar she blows …bowes

…bo…o…os!〃

  〃How far off?〃

  〃Two miles and a half。〃

  〃Thunder and lightning! so near! Call all hands。〃

               J。 ROSS BROWNE'S ETCHINGS OF A WHALING CRUIZE。 1846。



  〃The Whale…ship Globe; on board of which vessel occurred the

horrid transactions we are about to relate; belonged to the island

of Nantucket。〃

               〃NARRATIVE OF THE GLOBE;〃 BY LAY AND HUSSEY SURVIVORS。

               A。D。 1828。



  Being once pursued by a whale which he had wounded; he parried the

assault for some time with a lance; but the furious monster at

length rushed on the boat; himself and comrades only being preserved

by leaping into the water when they saw the onset was inevitable。〃

               MISSIONARY JOURNAL OF TYERMAN AND BENNETT。



  〃Nantucket itself;〃 said Mr。 Webster; 〃is a very striking and

peculiar portion of the National interest。 There is a population of

eight or nine thousand persons living here in the sea; adding

largely every year to the National wealth by the boldest and most

persevering industry。〃

               REPORT OF DANIEL WEBSTER'S SPEECH IN THE U。 S。 SENATE;

               ON THE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A BREAKWATER AT

               NANTUCKET。 1828。



  〃The whale fell directly over him; and probably killed him in a

moment。〃

               〃THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS; OR THE WHALEMAN'S

               ADVENTURES AND THE WHALE'S BIOGRAPHY; GATHERED ON THE

               HOMEWARD CRUISE OF THE COMMODORE PREBLE。〃

               BY REV。 HENRY T。 CHEEVER。



  〃If you make the least damn bit of noise;〃 replied Samuel; 〃I will

send you to hell。〃

               LIFE OF SAMUEL COMSTOCK (THE MUTINEER); BY HIS

               BROTHER; WILLIAM COMSTOCK。 ANOTHER VERSION OF THE

               WHALE…SHIP GLOBE NARRATIVE。



  〃The voyages of the Dutch and English to the Northern Ocean; in

order; if possible; to discover a passage through it to India;

though they failed of their main object; laid…open the haunts of the

whale。〃

               MCCULLOCH'S COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY。



  〃These things are reciprocal; the ball rebounds; only to bound

forward again; for 

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