Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 130
ept the shoulder-bone. The ordinary dry-goods measure of Japan iscalled a whale-foot, and is two inches longerthan the metal-foot with which wood and stoneare measured. The origin of this difference, ac-cording to legend, is as follows: Long ago, a greatwhite whale, the king of the northern seas,… … THE WHALE ASHO THE WINDLASS. To land their prize, the successful hunters lash to be two inches shorter than his spouting majesty, about it stout straw ropes, and attach to them a who thereupon whisked his tail in triumph and cable, winding the other end around a windlass returned home. Hence the…
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