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The
whale
was
a
female
,
and
a
large
quantity
of
milk
was
taken
from
it
,
which
,
according
to
the
opinion
of
the
naturalist
Duffenbach
,
might
pass
for
cow
's
milk
,
and
,
indeed
,
it
differs
from
it
neither
in
taste
,
color
,
nor
density
.
Pencroft
had
formerly
served
on
board
a
whaling-ship
,
and
he
could
methodically
direct
the
operation
of
cutting
up
,
a
sufficiently
disagreeable
operation
lasting
three
days
,
but
from
which
the
settlers
did
not
flinch
,
not
even
Gideon
Spilett
,
who
,
as
the
sailor
said
,
would
end
by
making
a
"
real
good
castaway
.
"
The
blubber
,
cut
in
parallel
slices
of
two
feet
and
a
half
in
thickness
,
then
divided
into
pieces
which
might
weigh
about
a
thousand
pounds
each
,
was
melted
down
in
large
earthen
pots
brought
to
the
spot
,
for
they
did
not
wish
to
taint
the
environs
of
Granite
House
,
and
in
this
fusion
it
lost
nearly
a
third
of
its
weight
.
But
there
was
an
immense
quantity
of
it
;
the
tongue
alone
yielded
six
thousand
pounds
of
oil
,
and
the
lower
lip
four
thousand
.
Then
,
besides
the
fat
,
which
would
insure
for
a
long
time
a
store
of
stearine
and
glycerine
,
there
were
still
the
bones
,
for
which
a
use
could
doubtless
be
found
,
although
there
were
neither
umbrellas
nor
stays
used
at
Granite
House
.
The
upper
part
of
the
mouth
of
the
cetacean
was
,
indeed
,
provided
on
both
sides
with
eight
hundred
horny
blades
,
very
elastic
,
of
a
fibrous
texture
,
and
fringed
at
the
edge
like
great
combs
,
at
which
the
teeth
,
six
feet
long
,
served
to
retain
the
thousands
of
animalculae
,
little
fish
,
and
molluscs
,
on
which
the
whale
fed
.
The
operation
finished
,
to
the
great
satisfaction
of
the
operators
,
the
remains
of
the
animal
were
left
to
the
birds
,
who
would
soon
make
every
vestige
of
it
disappear
,
and
their
usual
daily
occupations
were
resumed
by
the
inmates
of
Granite
House
.
However
,
before
returning
to
the
dockyard
,
Cyrus
Harding
conceived
the
idea
of
fabricating
certain
machines
,
which
greatly
excited
the
curiosity
of
his
companions
.
He
took
a
dozen
of
the
whale
's
bones
,
cut
them
into
six
equal
parts
,
and
sharpened
their
ends
.
"
This
machine
is
not
my
own
invention
,
and
it
is
frequently
employed
by
the
Aleutian
hunters
in
Russian
America
.
You
see
these
bones
,
my
friends
;
well
,
when
it
freezes
,
I
will
bend
them
,
and
then
wet
them
with
water
till
they
are
entirely
covered
with
ice
,
which
will
keep
them
bent
,
and
I
will
strew
them
on
the
snow
,
having
previously
covered
them
with
fat
.
Now
,
what
will
happen
if
a
hungry
animal
swallows
one
of
these
baits
?
Why
,
the
heat
of
his
stomach
will
melt
the
ice
,
and
the
bone
,
springing
straight
,
will
pierce
him
with
its
sharp
points
.
"
"
Well
!
I
do
call
that
ingenious
!
"
said
Pencroft
.
"
And
it
will
spare
the
powder
and
shot
,
"
rejoined
Cyrus
Harding
.
"
That
will
be
better
than
traps
!
"
added
Neb.
.
