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           ButallthisisquitedifferentwithaSouthSeaSpermWhaler;whichinavoyageoffouryearsperhaps,aftercompletelyfillingherholdwithoil,doesnot,perhaps,consumefiftydaysinthebusinessofbodingout;andinthestatethatitiscasked,theoilisnearlyscentless.Thetruthis,thatlivingordead,ifbutdecentlytreated,whalesasaspeciesarebynomeanscreaturesofillodor;norcanwhalemenberecognised,asthepeopleofthemiddleagesaffectedtodetectaJewinthecompany,bythenose.Norindeedcanthewhalepossiblybeotherwisethanfragrant,when,asageneralthing,heenjoyssuchhighhealth;takingabundanceofexercise;alwaysoutofdoors;though,itistrue,seldomintheopenair.Isay,thatthemotionofaSpermWhale’sflukesabovewaterdispensesaperfume,aswhenamusk-scentedladyrustlesherdressinawarmparlor.WhatthenshallIlikentheSpermWhaletoforfragrance,consideringhismagnitude?Mustitnotbetothatfamouselephant,withjeweledtusks,andredolentwithmyrrh,whichwasledoutofanIndiantowntodohonortoAlexandertheGreat?

           

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