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           Runoverafew:TheAuthorsoftheBible;Aristotle;Pliny;Aldrovandi;SirThomasBrowne;Gesner;Ray;Linnaeus;Rondeletius;Willoughby;Green;Artedi;Sibbald;Brisson;Marten;Lacepede;Bonneterre;Desmarest;BaronCuvier;FrederickCuvier;JohnHunter;Owen;Scoresby;Beale;Bennett;J.RossBrowne;theAuthorofMiriamCoffin;Olmstead;andtheRev.T.Cheever.Buttowhatultimategeneralizingpurposeallthesehavewritten,theabovecitedextractswillshow.

           OfthenamesinthislistofwhaleauthorsonlythosefollowingOweneversawlivingwhales;andbutoneofthemwasarealprofessionalharpooneerandwhaleman.ImeanCaptainScoresby.OntheseparatesubjectoftheGreenlandorright-whale,heisthebestexistingauthority.ButScoresbyknewnothingandsaysnothingofthegreatspermwhale,comparedwithwhichtheGreenlandwhaleisalmostunworthymentioning.Andherebeitsaid,thattheGreenlandwhaleisanusurperuponthethroneoftheseas.Heisnotevenbyanymeansthelargestofthewhales.Yet,owingtothelongpriorityofhisclaims,andtheprofoundignorancewhichtillsomeseventyyearsback,investedthethenfabulousorutterlyunknownsperm-whale,andwhichignorancetothispresentdaystillreignsinallbutsomefewscientificretreatsandwhale-ports;thisusurpationhasbeeneverywaycomplete.Referencetonearlyalltheleviathanicallusionsinthegreatpoetsofpastdays,willsatisfyyouthattheGreenlandwhale,withoutonerival,wastothemthemonarchoftheseas.Butthetimehasatlastcomeforanewproclamation.ThisisCharingCross;hearye!goodpeoplealltheGreenlandwhaleisdeposedthegreatspermwhalenowreigneth!

           Thereareonlytwobooksinbeingwhichatallpretendtoputthelivingspermwhalebeforeyou,andatthesametime,intheremotestdegreesucceedintheattempt.ThosebooksareBeale’sandBennett’s;bothintheirtimesurgeonstotheEnglishSouth-Seawhale-ships,andbothexactandreliablemen.

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