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The Decanter

           Moststatisticaltablesareparchinglydryinthereading;notsointhepresentcase,however,wherethereaderisfloodedwithwholepipes,barrels,quarts,andgillsofgoodginandgoodcheer.

           Atthetime,Idevotedthreedaystothestudiousdigestingofallthisbeer,beef,andbread,duringwhichmanyprofoundthoughtswereincidentallysuggestedtome,capableofatranscendentalandPlatonicapplication;and,furthermore,Icompiledsupplementarytablesofmyown,touchingtheprobablequantityofstock-fish,&c.,consumedbyeveryLowDutchharpooneerinthatancientGreenlandandSpitzbergenwhalefishery.Inthefirstplace,theamountofbutter,andTexelandLeydencheeseconsumed,seemsamazing.Iimputeit,though,totheirnaturallyunctuousnatures,beingrenderedstillmoreunctuousbythenatureoftheirvocation,andespeciallybytheirpursuingtheirgameinthosefrigidPolarSeas,ontheverycoastsofthatEsquimauxcountrywheretheconvivialnativespledgeeachotherinbumpersoftrainoil.

           Thequantityofthebeer,too,isverylarge,10,800barrels.Now,asthosepolarfisheriescouldonlybeprosecutedintheshortsummerofthatclimate,sothatthewholecruiseofoneoftheseDutchwhalemen,includingtheshortvoyagetoandfromtheSpitzbergensea,didnotmuchexceedthreemonths,say,andreckoning30mentoeachoftheirfleetof180sail,wehave5,400LowDutchseameninall;therefore,Isay,wehavepreciselytwobarrelsofbeerperman,foratwelveweeks’allowance,exclusiveofhisfairproportionofthatankersofgin

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