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Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish

           Ultimatelythedefendants(thecrewofanothership)cameupwiththewhale,struck,killed,seized,andfinallyappropriateditbeforetheveryeyesoftheplaintiffs.Andwhenthosedefendantswereremonstratedwith,theircaptainsnappedhisfingersintheplaintiffs’teeth,andassuredthemthatbywayofdoxologytothedeedhehaddone,hewouldnowretaintheirline,harpoons,andboat,whichhadremainedattachedtothewhaleatthetimeoftheseizure.Whereforetheplaintiffsnowsuedfortherecoveryofthevalueoftheirwhale,line,harpoons,andboat.

           Mr.Erskinewascounselforthedefendants;LordEllenboroughwasthejudge.Inthecourseofthedefence,thewittyErskinewentontoillustratehisposition,byalludingtoarecentcrim.con.case,whereinagentleman,afterinvaintryingtobridlehiswife’sviciousness,hadatlastabandonedherupontheseasoflife;butinthecourseofyears,repentingofthatstep,heinstitutedanactiontorecoverpossessionofher.Erskinewasontheotherside;andhethensupporteditbysaying,thatthoughthegentlemanhadoriginallyharpoonedthelady,andhadoncehadherfast,andonlybyreasonofthegreatstressofherplungingviciousness,hadatlastabandonedher;yetabandonherhedid,sothatshebecamealoose-fish;andthereforewhenasubsequentgentlemanre-harpoonedher,theladythenbecamethatsubsequentgentleman’sproperty,alongwithwhateverharpoonmighthavebeenfoundstickinginher.

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