Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 - United States |
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Page 436
... spermaceti does not visit soundings . Soon after vessels were employed in this business , a northerly gale drove one of them from the coast , and when it abated , spermaceti whales were discovered , and one was taken and brought into ...
... spermaceti does not visit soundings . Soon after vessels were employed in this business , a northerly gale drove one of them from the coast , and when it abated , spermaceti whales were discovered , and one was taken and brought into ...
Page 437
... Spermaceti , which was ever vexed by man in that ocean , yielded to the skill of the only American on board that vessel , a na- tive of Nantucket , now living in that place . The first vessel which ever went from that town into that ...
... Spermaceti , which was ever vexed by man in that ocean , yielded to the skill of the only American on board that vessel , a na- tive of Nantucket , now living in that place . The first vessel which ever went from that town into that ...
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... spermaceti oil imported into this country , has been procured northward of the Sandwich Islands , in various degrees ... Spermaceti oil 43,533 bbls - of Whale oil , 22,065 bbls - Bone ( whale ) , 169,581 pounds . Nantucket had engaged in ...
... spermaceti oil imported into this country , has been procured northward of the Sandwich Islands , in various degrees ... Spermaceti oil 43,533 bbls - of Whale oil , 22,065 bbls - Bone ( whale ) , 169,581 pounds . Nantucket had engaged in ...
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