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New Material for Illustration. Savory Comparisons. 



a whale leaves on deck and below. The yel- 

 lowish stuff 



That creams and mantles on a standing pool, 



and affords such a favorite, nice comparison, 

 ready to hand, and hackneyed, for writers that 

 want to express the odiousness of moral putres- 

 cence and stagnation, is nothing to this sui ge- 

 neris composition elaborated in the hold of a 

 whale ship. Hereafter, if any one should wish 

 to illustrate morals by physicals in a way par- 

 ticularly new and original, let him say that the 

 filth and foulness of Mr. So-and-so's mind, or 

 the daily scum and dregs of Mr. Slabbering Ed- 

 itor Such a One, or the hebdomadal black vomit 

 of this and that member of the " Satanic Press," 

 look and smell like gurry. 



Gaily, or Gallow, as it is found in Shak- 

 speare, is the term by which they express a 

 whale's being frightened. Thus you often hear 

 " that whale's gallied," as they pronounce it. 



Gam is the word by which they designate 

 the meeting, exchanging visits, and keeping 

 company of two or more whale ships, or a so- 

 ciable family of whales. Thus we gammed 

 two days on the New Zealand whaling ground 

 with the Niantic of Sag Harbor. One day the 



