, _ sperm whalf's licad — tlie "junk" and tli 



.aboard by tlie cutting tackle. An iron blubber hook i> 



Here the main parts of a small 



^..,^,..^ .,,. ...-• cutting ta 



hole, which is on the left side of tl 



•aught in the \vhal 



_ _ _ __ . , snout. The great block of head tissu 



taining the spermaceti, but none of the skull 



1- .jaw — are being hoisted 

 s single nostril, or blow- 

 includes the "case" cou- 



.Sperm Whale's E.\ e. — The camera was pointed directly dowiiward from the quarter-deck. The 

 huge carcass lies on its side — just awash — limberly yielding to every swell, with the great blunt head 

 stretching to the quarter, the closed eye and the infinitesimal ear-opening breaking above the surface 



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