APPENDIX. 
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Chapter xli. 1. — “Canst thou draw out leviathan 
with a hook ? or his tongue with a cord which thou 
lettest down ? ” 
Now we are very gravely assured by Townsend, 
in a note on the margin, that “ this is a whale, or — 
a whirlpool” ! What man in his right mind could 
ever think of drawing out a whirlpool with a cord J 
Who ever heard of a whirlpool with a tongue ? The 
note goes on to say, — “ The leviathan here de¬ 
scribed is, in the opinion of Bochart, the crocodile .” 
Who ever heard of a crocodile living in the ocean ? 
But the note declares, finally, — “The description 
suits no other amphibious animal at present known.” 
Now, as I intend to make a few comments on this 
note, and also on this forty-first chapter of Job, I in¬ 
troduce it here, that all may, if they will, be con¬ 
vinced that a leviathan is not, at least , a whirlpool. 
CHAP. XLI. 
ANST thou draw out leviathan 
with a hook ? or his tongue with 
a cord which thou lettest down ? 
2 Canst thou put a hook into his 
nose ? or bore his jaw through with 
a thorn ? 
3 Will he make many supplica¬ 
tions unto thee ? will he speak soft 
words unto thee ? 
4 Will he make a covenant with 
thee ? wilt thou take him for a ser¬ 
vant for ever? 
5 Wilt thou play with him as with 
a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy 
maidens ? 
6 Shall thy companions make a 
banquet of him ? shall they part him 
among the merchants ? 
7 Canst thou fill his skin with 
barbed irons ? or his head with fish- 
spears ? 
8 Lay thine hand upon him, re¬ 
member the battle, do no more. 
9 Behold, the hope of him is in 
vain: shall not one be cast down 
even at the sight of him ? 
10 None is so fierce that dare stir 
him up: who then is able to stand 
before me ? 
11 Who hath prevented me, that I 
should repay him ? whatsoever is 
under the whole heaven is mine. 
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor 
his power, nor his comely propor¬ 
tion. 
13 Who can discover the face of 
his garment? or who can come to 
him with his double bridle? 
14 Who can open the doors of his 
face? his teeth are terrible round 
about. 
15 His scales are his pride, shut 
up together as with a close seal. 
16 One is so near to another, that 
no air can come between them. 
17 They are joined one to another, 
they stick together, that they cannot 
be sundered. 
18 By his neesings a light doth 
shine, and his eyes are like the eye¬ 
lids of the morning. 
19 Out of his mouth go burning 
lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, 
as out of a seething-pot or caldron. 
21 His breath kindleth coals, and 
a flame goeth out of his mouth. 
22 In his neck remaineth strength, 
and sorrow is turned into joy before 
him. 
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined 
together: they are firm in them¬ 
selves ; they cannot be moved. 
24 His heart is as firm as a stone, 
yea. as hard as a piece of the nether 
millstone. 
25 When he raiseth up himself, 
