Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 311
be -near.Soon that peculiar odor, some-times to a great distance given forth by theliving sperm whale, was palpable to all the watch ; norwas any mariner surprised when, after inspecting thecompass, and then the dog-vane, and then ascertainingthe precise bearing of the odor as nearly as… … The Chase 275 sleek on the sea directly and lengthwise ahead, smoothas oil, and resembling in the pleated watery wrinklesbordering it, the polished metallic-hke marks of someswift tide-rip, at the mouth of a deep, rapid stream. Man the mast-heads! Call all hands! . Thundering with the butts of…
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