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case would contain, was informed that in the animal before us, it would 

 probably not be less than ffleen barrels ! 



The whole of this process was to me very interesting, and I had 

 been so anxious to see a whale killed, that I was more than once on 

 the point of embarking in one of these filthy ships, for the sole purpose 

 of witnessing the sport. 



In a few days after this incident, 1 embarked in an English ship for 

 Valparaiso, and bade adieu, probably for ever, to the Islands in the 

 South Seas. 



Philadelphia, 1847, J. K. T. 



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On page 144 of the Journal there is a " Fragment " of doggerel La» 

 tin, in which a great number of English words are used, as if a Roman 

 had been giving the proceedings of an English Debating Society. The 

 orthography of the piece is, however, not in keeping. The words you 

 make here are properly rendered iu (better ju) maek hir ; but keepare, 

 shamefulU (in four syllables) selence [si-len-ke^ pinchendi^ hookarat, chal- 

 Jenjo (there is no kallenyo in English,) showebo, waitite, minutes, would 

 have been better if written kipare, shem... sailens, pintshendi, hukarat 

 (or hucarat) tshallendjo, sho'ebo, welite, minnils. Justnou woul d be bet- 

 ter djoslnau, although objection may be made to the first vowel as heard 

 in murder, which has no proper character in Latin, although there is one 

 in a solitary inscription, which might be introduced when required to 

 represent this sound. In the " fragment " it is represented by u in rum^ 

 pum, e in orderum, and by o in nomscols. 



Columbia, Pa., April 14th, 1847. S. S. H. 



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