The Great Heidelburgh Tun

           NowcomestheBalingoftheCase.Buttocomprehenditaright,youmustknowsomethingofthecuriousinternalstructureofthethingoperatedupon.

           RegardingtheSpermWhale’sheadasasolidoblong,youmay,onaninclinedplane,sidewaysdivideitintotwoquoins,whereoftheloweristhebonystructure,formingthecraniumandjaws,andtheupperanunctuousmasswhollyfreefrombones;itsbroadforwardendformingtheexpandedverticalapparentforeheadofthewhale.Atthemiddleoftheforeheadhorizontallysubdividethisupperquoin,andthenyouhavetwoalmostequalparts,whichbeforewerenaturallydividedbyaninternalwallofathicktendinoussubstance.

           Thelowersubdividedpart,calledthejunk,isoneimmensehoneycombofoil,formedbythecrossingandrecrossing,intotenthousandinfiltratedcells,oftoughelasticwhitefibresthroughoutitswholeextent.Theupperpart,knownastheCase,mayberegardedasthegreatHeidelburghTunoftheSpermWhale.Andasthatfamousgreattierceismysticallycarvedinfront,sothewhale’svastplaitedforeheadformsinnumerablestrangedevicesforemblematicaladornmentofhiswondroustun.Moreover,asthatofHeidelburghwasalwaysreplenishedwiththemostexcellentofthewinesoftheRhenishvalleys,sothetunofthewhalecontainsbyfarthemostpreciousofallhisoilyvintages;namely,thehighly-prizedspermaceti,initsabsolutelypure,limpid,andodoriferousstate.Noristhisprecioussubstancefoundunalloyedinanyotherpartofthecreature.

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