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fish, and vegetables, were it not for the great supply 

 of flesh and blubber furnished by the huge water 

 mammals. In winter, if there is little fish to be had, 

 the meat of the humpback whale, which isjnost highly 



The inner side of a strip of blubber as it is being torn from a 



whale. 



esteemed, sometimes brings as much as thirty sen 

 (fifteen cents) per pound; but this is very unusual and 

 ordinarily it can be bought for fifteen sen or less. 

 But the edible portions are not only the flesh and 

 blubber. The heart, liver, tongue, intestines, and 



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