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Cutting In

           Intothishole,theendofthesecondalternatinggreattackleisthenhookedsoastoretainaholdupontheblubber,inordertoprepareforwhatfollows.Whereupon,thisaccomplishedswordsman,warningallhandstostandoff,oncemoremakesascientificdashatthemass,andwithafewsidelong,desperate,lunging,slicings,seversitcompletelyintwain;sothatwhiletheshortlowerpartisstillfast,thelongupperstrip,calledablanket-piece,swingsclear,andisallreadyforlowering.Theheaversforwardnowresumetheirsong,andwhiletheonetackleispeelingandhoistingasecondstripfromthewhale,theotherisslowlyslackenedaway,anddowngoesthefirststripthroughthemainhatchwayrightbeneath,intoanunfurnishedparlorcalledtheblubber-room.Intothistwilightapartmentsundrynimblehandskeepcoilingawaythelongblanket-pieceasifitwereagreatlivemassofplaitedserpents.Andthustheworkproceeds;thetwotackleshoistingandloweringsimultaneously;bothwhaleandwindlassheaving,theheaverssinging,theblubber-roomgentlemencoiling,thematesscarfing,theshipstraining,andallhandsswearingoccasionally,bywayofassuagingthegeneralfriction.

           

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