Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes

           Inconnexionwiththemonstrouspicturesofwhales,Iamstronglytemptedheretoenteruponthosestillmoremonstrousstoriesofthemwhicharetobefoundincertainbooks,bothancientandmodern,especiallyinPliny,Purchas,Hackluyt,Harris,Cuvier,&c.ButIpassthatmatterby.

           IknowofonlyfourpublishedoutlinesofthegreatSpermWhale;Colnett’s,Huggins’s,FrederickCuvier’s,andBeale’s.InthepreviouschapterColnettandCuvierhavebeenreferredto.Huggins’sisfarbetterthantheirs;but,bygreatodds,Beale’sisthebest.AllBeale’sdrawingsofthiswhalearegood,exceptingthemiddlefigureinthepictureofthreewhalesinvariousattitudes,cappinghissecondchapter.Hisfrontispiece,boatsattackingSpermWhales,thoughnodoubtcalculatedtoexcitethecivilscepticismofsomeparlormen,isadmirablycorrectandlife-likeinitsgeneraleffect.SomeoftheSpermWhaledrawingsinJ.RossBrowneareprettycorrectincontour;buttheyarewretchedlyengraved.Thatisnothisfaultthough.

           OftheRightWhale,thebestoutlinepicturesareinScoresby;buttheyaredrawnontoosmallascaletoconveyadesirableimpression.Hehasbutonepictureofwhalingscenes,andthisisasaddeficiency,becauseitisbysuchpicturesonly,whenatallwelldone,thatyoucanderiveanythinglikeatruthfulideaofthelivingwhaleasseenbyhislivinghunters.

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