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WHALE. 
med up to the throat, the generous landlord, on 
his knees, stuffed into his mouth a great slice of 
whale’s fat, cut oft' what hung out, and cried, in a 
surly tone, Tana , or. There ! by which he fully dis- 
charged his duty ; and, between heating and cram- 
ming, obliged the poor guest to cry for mercy, 
and a release from the danger of being choked by 
the noble welcome. 
