Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 461
t was a calf. Usu- bailed it into the cooler, from which, whencool, they drew it through a faucet into a caskholding about ten barrels; then barreled it andstowed it in the hold. A large sperm-whalewill yield fifty barrels. The Crozier cruises forsperm-whales, Captain Dunham selling the oilin New… … FIRING A BOMB-LANCE. ally a whale is fastened alongside the vessel,and the cutting is done from a platform. Theday after the Crozier got the calf, they set theworks going, with all hands employed inworking on whale, boiling and stowing downoil. This means that they started the fires inthe…
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