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

           But,takenforallinall,byfarthefinest,thoughinsomedetailsnotthemostcorrect,presentationsofwhalesandwhalingscenestobeanywherefound,aretwolargeFrenchengravings,wellexecuted,andtakenfrompaintingsbyoneGarnery.Respectively,theyrepresentattacksontheSpermandRightWhale.InthefirstengravinganobleSpermWhaleisdepictedinfullmajestyofmight,justrisenbeneaththeboatfromtheprofunditiesoftheocean,andbearinghighinthe.airuponhisbacktheterrificwreckofthestovenplanks.Theprowoftheboatispartiallyunbroken,andisdrawnjustbalancinguponthemonster’sspine;andstandinginthatprow,forthatonesingleincomputableflashoftime,youbeholdanoarsman,halfshroudedbytheincensedboilingspoutofthewhale,andintheactofleaping,asiffromaprecipice.Theactionofthewholethingiswonderfullygoodandtrue.Thehalf-emptiedline-tubfloatsonthewhitenedsea;thewoodenpolesofthespilledharpoonsobliquelybobinit;theheadsoftheswimmingcrewarescatteredaboutthewhaleincontrastingexpressionsofaffright;whileintheblackstormydistancetheshipisbearingdownuponthescene.Seriousfaultmightbefoundwiththeanatomicaldetailsofthiswhale,butletthatpass;since,forthelifeofme,Icouldnotdrawsogoodaone.

           Inthesecondengraving,theboatisintheactofdrawingalongsidethebarnacledflankofalargerunningRightWhale,thatrollshisblackweedybulkinthesealikesomemossyrock-slidefromthePatagoniancliffs.

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