TRYING-OUT. 



the bottom, the oil will be dark and of inferior 

 value. It is necessary, therefore, that one man 

 be constantly employed in stirring the mass, 

 whilst it is the duty of another to skim out the 

 scraps as fast as they are " done :" these are 

 used for fuel, no wood being necessary after the 

 fire is fairly started. 



The blubber on a fat whale is sometimes, in 

 its thickest parts, from fifteen to twenty inches 

 thick, though seldom more than a foot ; it is of 

 a coarser texture and much greasier than fat 

 pork. 



Both the sperm and right whale are usually 

 of a jet black colour, but not unfrequently the 

 right whale is found with irregular spots of a 

 milky whiteness, very like those on a pied 

 horse. The skin of both kinds is similar. 

 Outside of the sensible skin, which has no 

 peculiarity, there is a coat of something re- 

 sembling fur, very close and compact, and the 

 fibres united by a glutinous matter, so as to ivn- 

 der it about as hard as the rind of a new cheese: 

 tins is termed the "black skin," and is about 

 half an im-h thick. Still outside of this is a 



