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And
the
exclamation
was
natural
,
for
it
was
a
southern
whale
,
eighty
feet
long
,
a
giant
of
the
species
,
probably
not
weighing
less
than
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
pounds
!
In
the
meanwhile
,
the
monster
thus
stranded
did
not
move
,
nor
attempt
by
struggling
to
regain
the
water
while
the
tide
was
still
high
.
It
was
dead
,
and
a
harpoon
was
sticking
out
of
its
left
side
.
"
There
are
whalers
in
these
quarters
,
then
?
"
said
Gideon
Spilett
directly
.
"
Oh
,
Mr.
Spilett
,
that
does
n't
prove
anything
!
"
replied
Pencroft
.
"
Whales
have
been
known
to
go
thousands
of
miles
with
a
harpoon
in
the
side
,
and
this
one
might
even
have
been
struck
in
the
north
of
the
Atlantic
and
come
to
die
in
the
south
of
the
Pacific
,
and
it
would
be
nothing
astonishing
.
"
Pencroft
,
having
torn
the
harpoon
from
the
animal
's
side
,
read
this
inscription
on
it
:
MARIA
STELLA
,
VINEYARD
"
A
vessel
from
the
Vineyard
!
A
ship
from
my
country
!
"
he
cried
.
"
The
'
Maria
Stella
!
'
A
fine
whaler
,
'
pon
my
word
;
I
know
her
well
!
Oh
,
my
friends
,
a
vessel
from
the
Vineyard
!
--
a
whaler
from
the
Vineyard
!
"
And
the
sailor
brandishing
the
harpoon
,
repeated
,
not
without
emotion
,
the
name
which
he
loved
so
well
--
the
name
of
his
birthplace
.
But
as
it
could
not
be
expected
that
the
"
Maria
Stella
"
would
come
to
reclaim
the
animal
harpooned
by
her
,
they
resolved
to
begin
cutting
it
up
before
decomposition
should
commence
.
The
birds
,
who
had
watched
this
rich
prey
for
several
days
,
had
determined
to
take
possession
of
it
without
further
delay
,
and
it
was
necessary
to
drive
them
off
by
firing
at
them
repeatedly
.
