Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars

           OnTower-hill,asyougodowntotheLondondocks,youmayhaveseenacrippledbeggar(orkedger,asthesailorssay)holdingapaintedboardbeforehim,representingthetragicsceneinwhichhelosthisleg.Therearethreewhalesandthreeboats;andoneoftheboats(presumedtocontainthemissingleginallitsoriginalintegrity)isbeingcrunchedbythejawsoftheforemostwhale.Anytimethesetenyears,theytellme,hasthatmanheldupthatpicture,andexhibitedthatstumptoanincredulousworld.Butthetimeofhisjustificationhasnowcome.HisthreewhalesareasgoodwhalesaswereeverpublishedinWapping,atanyrate;andhisstumpasunquestionableastumpasanyyouwillfindinthewesternclearings.But,thoughforevermountedonthatstump,neverastump-speechdoesthepoorwhalemanmake;but,withdowncasteyes,standsruefullycontemplatinghisownamputation.

           ThroughoutthePacific,andalsoinNantucket,andNewBedford,andSagHarbor,youwillcomeacrosslivelysketchesofwhalesandwhaling-scenes,gravenbythefishermenthemselvesonSpermWhale-teeth,orladies’buskswroughtoutoftheRightWhale-bone,andotherlikeskrimshanderarticles,asthewhalemencallthenumerouslittleingeniouscontrivancestheyelaboratelycarveoutoftheroughmaterial,intheirhoursofoceanleisure.Someofthemhavelittleboxesofdentistical-lookingimplements,speciallyintendedfortheskrimshanderingbusiness.

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