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The Blanket

           Atanyrate,itispleasanttoreadaboutwhalesthroughtheirownspectacles,asyoumaysay.ButwhatIamdrivingathereisthis.Thatsameinfinitelythin,isinglasssubstance,which,Iadmit,investstheentirebodyofthewhale,isnotsomuchtoberegardedastheskinofthecreature,astheskinoftheskin,sotospeak;foritweresimplyridiculoustosay,thattheproperskinofthetremendouswhaleisthinnerandmoretenderthantheskinofanew-bornchild.Butnomoreofthis.

           Assumingtheblubbertobetheskinofthewhale;then,whenthisskin,asinthecaseofaverylargeSpermWhale,willyieldthebulkofonehundredbarrelsofoil;and,whenitisconsideredthat,inquantity,orratherweight,thatoil,initsexpressedstate,isonlythreefourths,andnottheentiresubstanceofthecoat;someideamayhencebehadoftheenormousnessofthatanimatedmass,amerepartofwhosemereintegumentyieldssuchalakeofliquidasthat.Reckoningtenbarrelstotheton,youhavetentonsforthenetweightofonlythreequartersofthestuffofthewhale’sskin.

           Inlife,thevisiblesurfaceoftheSpermWhaleisnottheleastamongthemanymarvelshepresents.Almostinvariablyitisalloverobliquelycrossedandre-crossedwithnumberlessstraightmarksinthickarray,somethinglikethoseinthefinestItalianlineengravings.Butthesemarksdonotseemtobeimpressedupontheisinglasssubstanceabovementioned,butseemtobeseenthroughit,asiftheywereengraveduponthebodyitself.Noristhisall.

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