Enterprise, Industry and Art of Man: As Displayed in Fishing, Hunting, Commerce, Navigation, Mining, Agriculture and ManufacturesRand, 1852 - 335 páginas |
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... spermaceti whale . The former , when full grown , varies in length from fifty to sixty - five feet , and sometimes reaches even eighty feet ; its great- est circumference is from thirty to fifty feet . It 14 THE WHALE FISHERY .
... spermaceti whale . The former , when full grown , varies in length from fifty to sixty - five feet , and sometimes reaches even eighty feet ; its great- est circumference is from thirty to fifty feet . It 14 THE WHALE FISHERY .
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... spermaceti whale or cachelot , differs in several respects from the other species . It is somewhat smaller , and feeds in a different manner . The Green- along the edges , and as the animal has no teeth , he takes in a mouthful of sea ...
... spermaceti whale or cachelot , differs in several respects from the other species . It is somewhat smaller , and feeds in a different manner . The Green- along the edges , and as the animal has no teeth , he takes in a mouthful of sea ...
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... spermaceti , with a peculiarly fine kind of oil , both of which are found in the head of the animal , in a thin membrane- ous case . The head is enormously large , and the quantity of these valuable materials which it contains , renders ...
... spermaceti , with a peculiarly fine kind of oil , both of which are found in the head of the animal , in a thin membrane- ous case . The head is enormously large , and the quantity of these valuable materials which it contains , renders ...
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... spermaceti whale is obtained . The method of taking it is not materially different from that already described in relation to the " right whale " ; but it is attended by perils of another sort . Timid as it is , the cachelot or spermaceti ...
... spermaceti whale is obtained . The method of taking it is not materially different from that already described in relation to the " right whale " ; but it is attended by perils of another sort . Timid as it is , the cachelot or spermaceti ...
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... spermaceti whale known to the inhabitants was driven ashore dead on the south - west part of the island . There were so many claimants of this prize that it was difficult to decide who should have it . The Indians claimed the whale ...
... spermaceti whale known to the inhabitants was driven ashore dead on the south - west part of the island . There were so many claimants of this prize that it was difficult to decide who should have it . The Indians claimed the whale ...
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