Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 763
a bundleof hay. Oh, they re sure to be on the mackerel-ground, replied the fisherman; they come inarter em, you know. Well, I went on, inquisitively, how do youfind out just where a sword-fish is, in order to gofor him ? Do you see that ladder? was the reply of the harpooner, pointing to one which… … the harpooner stood ready. The fisherman, as I soon had an opportunity oflearning, had correctly described the way in whichsword-fish are seen at a great distance off. Thetrained observation of the man on the ladder,sweeping the expanse of sea, can discern theback fin of the fish, which is the only…
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