THE AMERICAN WHALEMAN. 



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A LAND B11AKK. 



the fur-bearing animals, the resinous woods, and the vast 

 coal-fields are his provision against the rigors of one; and 

 the broad umbrella foliage and dense growths his screens 

 against the blistering sun in the other. Show to these chil- 

 dren that their Father so loves them that he has surely pro- 

 vided for all their needs. 



I am quite sure that the landsman's idea of the sailor 



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