^40 WHALK-FISHERY. 



is a probability of its being within the favourable ^ 

 precincts of a start. 



A whale moving forward at a small distance be- 

 neath the surface of the sea, leaves a sure indication 

 of its situation, in what is called an " eddy," ha- 

 ving somewhat the resemblance of the " wake" or 

 track of a ship ; and in fine calm weather, its 

 change of position is sometimes pointed out by the 

 birds, many of which closely follow it when at 

 the surface, and hover over it when below, whose 

 keener vision can discover it, when it is totally con- 

 cealed from human eyes. By these indications, 

 many whales have been taken. 



SECT. VII. 



Proceedings in capturing the Whale, 



The Providence of God is manifested in the 

 tameness and timidity of many of the largest in- 

 habitants of the earth and sea, whereby they fall 

 victims to the prowess of man, and are rendered 

 subservient to his convenience in life. And this 

 was the design of the lower animals in their crea- 

 tion. God, when he made man, having given him 

 " dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the 

 fowl of the air, and over every living thing that 



