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this Tribunal slionld declare that they are wild animals in contempla- 

 tion of law, and shall have no more siielter against the greed of man, 

 asvsisted by his genius in the invention of instruments of destruction, 

 than they liave against tlie killer wliale. That their only protection 

 shall be their capacity, in the water, to escape i^ursnit, out of whicli 

 element they must spend nearly half the period of their lives, is too 

 imiierfect a shelter for such a valuable contribution to commerce as 

 these animals yield, to receive the sanction of the great commercial 

 nations. 



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