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Schools and Schoolmasters

           Now,astheharemofwhalesiscalledbythefishermenaschool,soisthelordandmasterofthatschooltechnicallyknownastheschoolmaster.Itisthereforenotinstrictcharacter,howeveradmirablysatirical,thataftergoingtoschoolhimself,heshouldthengoabroadinculcatingnotwhathelearnedthere,butthefollyofit.Histitle,schoolmaster,wouldverynaturallyseemderivedfromthenamebestowedupontheharemitself,butsomehavesurmisedthatthemanwhofirstthusentitledthissortofOttomanwhale,musthavereadthememoirsofVidocq,andinformedhimselfwhatsortofacountry-schoolmasterthatfamousFrenchmanwasinhisyoungerdays,andwhatwasthenatureofthoseoccultlessonsheinculcatedintosomeofhispupils.

           Thesamesecludednessandisolationtowhichtheschoolmasterwhalebetakeshimselfinhisadvancingyears,istrueofallagedSpermWhales.Almostuniversally,alonewhaleasasolitaryLeviathaniscalledprovesanancientone.Likevenerablemoss-beardedDanielBoone,hewillhavenoonenearhimbutNatureherself;andherhetakestowifeinthewildernessofwaters,andthebestofwivessheis,thoughshekeepssomanymoodysecrets.

           Theschoolscomposingnonebutyoungandvigorousmales,previouslymentioned,offerastrongcontrasttotheharemschools

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