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The Affidavit

           Thirdly:SomeeighteenortwentyyearsagoCommodoreJthencommandinganAmericansloop-of-warofthefirstclass,happenedtobediningwithapartyofwhalingcaptains,onboardaNantucketshipintheharborofOahu,SandwichIslands.Conversationturninguponwhales,theCommodorewaspleasedtobescepticaltouchingtheamazingstrengthascribedtothembytheprofessionalgentlemenpresent.Heperemptorilydeniedforexample,thatanywhalecouldsosmitehisstoutsloop-of-warastocausehertoleaksomuchasathimbleful.Verygood;butthereismorecoming.Someweekslater,theCommodoresetsailinthisimpregnablecraftforValparaiso.Buthewasstoppedonthewaybyaportlyspermwhale,thatbeggedafewmoments’confidentialbusinesswithhim.ThatbusinessconsistedinfetchingtheCommodore’scraftsuchathwack,thatwithallhispumpsgoinghemadestraightforthenearestporttoheavedownandrepair.Iamnotsuperstitious,butIconsidertheCommodore’sinterviewwiththatwhaleasprovidential.WasnotSaulofTarsusconvertedfromunbeliefbyasimilarfright?Itellyou,thespermwhalewillstandnononsense.

           IwillnowreferyoutoLangsdorff’sVoyagesforalittlecircumstanceinpoint,peculiarlyinterestingtothewriterhereof.Langsdorff,youmustknowbytheway,wasattachedtotheRussianAdmiralKrusenstern’sfamousDiscoveryExpeditioninthebeginningofthepresentcentury.

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