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The
Forty-barrel-bull
schools
are
larger
than
the
harem
schools
.
Like
a
mob
of
young
collegians
,
they
are
full
of
fight
,
fun
,
and
wickedness
,
tumbling
round
the
world
at
such
a
reckless
,
rollicking
rate
,
that
no
prudent
underwriter
would
insure
them
any
more
than
he
would
a
riotous
lad
at
Yale
or
Harvard
.
They
soon
relinquish
this
turbulence
though
,
and
when
about
three-fourths
grown
,
break
up
,
and
separately
go
about
in
quest
of
settlements
,
that
is
,
harems
.
Another
point
of
difference
between
the
male
and
female
schools
is
still
more
characteristic
of
the
sexes
.
Say
you
strike
a
Forty-barrel-bull
--
poor
devil
!
all
his
comrades
quit
him
.
But
strike
a
member
of
the
harem
school
,
and
her
companions
swim
around
her
with
every
token
of
concern
,
sometimes
lingering
so
near
her
and
so
long
,
as
themselves
to
fall
a
prey
.
The
allusion
to
the
waif-poles
in
the
last
chapter
but
one
,
necessitates
some
account
of
the
laws
and
regulations
of
the
whale
fishery
,
of
which
the
waif
may
be
deemed
the
grand
symbol
and
badge
.
It
frequently
happens
that
when
several
ships
are
cruising
in
company
,
a
whale
may
be
struck
by
one
vessel
,
then
escape
,
and
be
finally
killed
and
captured
by
another
vessel
;
and
herein
are
indirectly
comprised
many
minor
contingencies
,
all
partaking
of
this
one
grand
feature
.
For
example
--
after
a
weary
and
perilous
chase
and
capture
of
a
whale
,
the
body
may
get
loose
from
the
ship
by
reason
of
a
violent
storm
;
and
drifting
far
away
to
leeward
,
be
retaken
by
a
second
whaler
,
who
,
in
a
calm
,
snugly
tows
it
alongside
,
without
risk
of
life
or
line
.
Thus
the
most
vexatious
and
violent
disputes
would
often
arise
between
the
fishermen
,
were
there
not
some
written
or
unwritten
,
universal
,
undisputed
law
applicable
to
all
cases
.
Perhaps
the
only
formal
whaling
code
authorized
by
legislative
enactment
,
was
that
of
Holland
.
It
was
decreed
by
the
States-General
in
A.D.
1695
.
But
though
no
other
nation
has
ever
had
any
written
whaling
law
,
yet
the
American
fishermen
have
been
their
own
legislators
and
lawyers
in
this
matter
.
They
have
provided
a
system
which
for
terse
comprehensiveness
surpasses
Justinian
's
Pandects
and
the
By-laws
of
the
Chinese
Society
for
the
Suppression
of
Meddling
with
other
People
's
Business
.
Yes
;
these
laws
might
be
engraven
on
a
Queen
Anne
's
forthing
,
or
the
barb
of
a
harpoon
,
and
worn
round
the
neck
,
so
small
are
they
.
I.
A
Fast-Fish
belongs
to
the
party
fast
to
it
.
II
.
A
Loose-Fish
is
fair
game
for
anybody
who
can
soonest
catch
it
.
But
what
plays
the
mischief
with
this
masterly
code
is
the
admirable
brevity
of
it
,
which
necessitates
a
vast
volume
of
commentaries
to
expound
it
.
First
:
What
is
a
Fast-Fish
?
Alive
or
dead
a
fish
is
technically
fast
,
when
it
is
connected
with
an
occupied
ship
or
boat
,
by
any
medium
at
all
controllable
by
the
occupant
or
occupants
--
a
mast
,
an
oar
,
a
nine-inch
cable
,
a
telegraph
wire
,
or
a
strand
of
cobweb
,
it
is
all
the
same
.
Likewise
a
fish
is
technically
fast
when
it
bears
a
waif
,
or
any
other
recognized
symbol
of
possession
;
so
long
as
the
party
wailing
it
plainly
evince
their
ability
at
any
time
to
take
it
alongside
,
as
well
as
their
intention
so
to
do
.
