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The Fossil Whale

           TheCommonPeopleimagine,thatbyasecretPowerbestowedbyGodupontheTemple,noWhalecanpassitwithoutimmediatedeath.Butthetruthofthematteris,thatoneithersideoftheTemple,thereareRocksthatshoottwoMilesintotheSea,andwoundtheWhaleswhentheylightupon‘em.TheykeepaWhale’sRibofanincrediblelengthforaMiracle,whichlyingupontheGroundwithitsconvexpartuppermost,makesanArch,theHeadofwhichcannotbereachedbyaManuponaCamel’sBack.ThisRib(saysJohnLeo)issaidtohavelaynthereahundredYearsbeforeIsawit.TheirHistoriansaffirm,thataProphetwhoprophesy’dofMahomet,camefromthisTemple,andsomedonotstandtoassert,thattheProphetJonaswascastforthbytheWhaleattheBaseoftheTemple."

           InthisAfricTempleoftheWhaleIleaveyou,reader,andifyoubeaNantucketer,andawhaleman,youwillsilentlyworshipthere.

           

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