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the sperm-whale, and manifested no intention to fight. In 

 cutting-in, we were also struck with the great depth of the 

 blubber, and its softness and oiliness, as compared with that 

 of the sperm- whale, and the greater viscidity, or stickiness, 

 of the oil. The upper jaw was a curiosity to us. The bone 



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GOING ON BIGHT WHALE. 



was about nine feet long very much less than is often tak- 

 en ; but I suppose a fair average size. How much oil this 

 whale made was undetermined, as we piled fresh blubber in 

 the room before it was tried out. Long after this event, 

 Captain Isaiah West, of New Bedford, informed me that he ) 



