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The Decanter

           Now,whethertheseginandbeerharpooneers,sofuddledasonemightfancythemtohavebeen,weretherightsortofmentostandupinaboat’shead,andtakegoodaimatflyingwhales;thiswouldseemsomewhatimprobable.Yettheydidaimatthem,andhitthemtoo.ButthiswasveryfarNorth,beitremembered,wherebeeragreeswellwiththeconstitution;upontheEquator,inoursouthernfishery,beerwouldbeapttomaketheharpooneersleepyatthemast-headandboozyinhisboat;andgrievouslossmightensuetoNantucketandNewBedford.

           Butnomore;enoughhasbeensaidtoshowthattheoldDutchwhalersoftwoorthreecenturiesagowerehighlivers;andthattheEnglishwhalershavenotneglectedsoexcellentanexample.For,saythey,whencruisinginanemptyship,ifyoucangetnothingbetteroutoftheworld,getagooddinneroutofit,atleast.Andthisemptiesthedecanter.

           

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