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“
The
one
with
a
hump
like
a
dromedary
?
”
asked
a
sailor
.
“
Yes
.
It
is
a
humpback
,
”
replied
Hearne
.
“
Do
you
make
out
its
wrinkled
belly
,
and
also
its
long
dorsal
fin
?
They
’
re
not
easy
to
take
,
those
humpbacks
,
for
they
go
down
into
great
depths
and
devour
long
reaches
of
your
lines
.
Truly
,
we
deserve
that
he
should
give
us
a
switch
of
his
tail
on
our
side
,
since
we
don
’
t
send
a
harpoon
into
his
.
”
“
Look
out
!
Look
out
!
”
shouted
the
boatswain
.
This
was
not
to
warn
us
that
we
were
in
danger
of
receiving
the
formidable
stroke
of
the
humpback
’
s
tail
which
the
sealing
-
master
had
wished
us
.
No
,
an
enormous
blower
had
come
alongside
the
schooner
,
and
almost
on
the
instant
a
spout
of
ill
-
smelling
water
was
ejected
from
its
blow
-
hole
with
a
noise
like
a
distant
roar
of
artillery
.
The
whole
foredeck
to
the
main
hatch
was
inundated
.
“
That
’
s
well
done
!
”
growled
Hearne
,
shrugging
his
shoulders
,
while
his
companions
shook
themselves
and
cursed
the
humpback
.
Besides
these
two
kinds
of
cetacea
we
had
observed
several
right
-
whales
,
and
these
are
the
most
usually
met
with
in
the
southern
seas
.
They
have
no
fins
,
and
their
blubber
is
very
thick
.
The
taking
of
these
fat
monsters
of
the
deep
is
not
attended
with
much
danger
.
The
right
-
whales
are
vigorously
pursued
in
the
southern
seas
,
where
the
little
shell
fish
called
“
whales
’
food
”
abound
.
The
whales
subsist
entirely
upon
these
small
crustaceans
.
Presently
,
one
of
these
right
-
whales
,
measuring
sixty
feet
in
length
—
that
is
to
say
,
the
animal
was
the
equivalent
of
a
hundred
barrels
of
oil
—
was
seen
floating
within
three
cables
’
lengths
of
the
schooner
.
“
Yes
!
that
’
s
a
right
-
whale
,
”
exclaimed
Hearne
.
“
You
might
tell
it
by
its
thick
,
short
spout
.
See
,
that
one
on
the
port
side
,
like
a
column
of
smoke
,
that
’
s
the
spout
of
a
right
-
whale
!
And
all
this
is
passing
before
our
very
noses
—
-
a
dead
loss
!
Why
,
it
’
s
like
emptying
money
-
bags
into
the
sea
not
to
fill
one
’
s
barrels
when
one
can
.
A
nice
sort
of
captain
,
indeed
,
to
let
all
this
merchandise
be
lost
,
and
do
such
wrong
to
his
crew
!
”
“
Hearne
,
”
said
an
imperious
voice
,
“
go
up
to
the
maintop
.
You
will
be
more
at
your
ease
there
to
reckon
the
whales
.
”
