Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 77
ood that in order to get the oil quickly out ofthe blubber it needs to be shced as thin as possible,but for convenience in handling the refuse (which is theonly fuel used) it is not chopped up in smaU pieces, butevery horse-piece is very deeply scored, as it were,leaving a thin strip to hold the… … 1. Blubber Pike. 2. Harpoon. 3. Blubber Fork. 4. Boat Spade. sufficiently boiled oil into the great cooling tank on thestarboard. One officer superintended the mincing,another exercised a general supervision over all. Therewas no man at the wheel and no look-out, for the vesselwas hove-to under two…
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