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The Battering-Ram

           Furthermore,youarenowtoconsiderthatonlyintheextreme,lower,backwardslopingpartofthefrontofthehead,istheretheslightestvestigeofbone;andnottillyougetneartwentyfeetfromtheforeheaddoyoucometothefullcranialdevelopment.Sothatthiswholeenormousbonelessmassisasonewad.Finally,though,aswillsoonberevealed,itscontentspartlycomprisethemostdelicateoil;yet,youarenowtobeapprisedofthenatureofthesubstancewhichsoimpregnablyinvestsallthatapparenteffeminacy.InsomepreviousplaceIhavedescribedtoyouhowtheblubberwrapsthebodyofthewhale,astherindwrapsanorange.Justsowiththehead;butwiththisdifference:abouttheheadthisenvelope,thoughnotsothickisofabonelesstoughness,inestimablebyanymanwhohasnothandledit.Theseverestpointedharpoon,thesharpestlancedartedbythestrongesthumanarm,impotentlyreboundsfromit.ItisasthoughtheforeheadoftheSpermWhalewerepavedwithhorses’hoofs.Idonotthinkthatanysensationlurksinit.

           Bethinkyourselfalsoofanotherthing.Whentwolarge,loadedIndian-menchancetocrowdandcrushtowardseachotherinthedocks,whatdothesailorsdo?Theydonotsuspendbetweenthem,atthepointofcomingcontact,anymerelyhardsubstance,likeironorwood.No,theyholdtherealarge,roundwadoftowandcork,envelopedinthethickestandtoughestofox-hide.Thatbravelyanduninjuredtakesthejamwhichwouldhavesnappedalltheiroakenhandspikesandironcrow-bars.

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