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The Decanter

           Buttheforecastlewasnotverylight,anditwasveryeasytostepoverintoadarkcornerwhenyouateit.Butallinall,takingherfromtrucktohelm,consideringthedimensionsofthecook’sboilers,includinghisownliveparchmentboilers;foreandaft,Isay,theSamuelEnderbywasajollyship;ofgoodfareandplenty;fineflipandstrong;crackfellowsall,andcapitalfrombootheelstohat-band.

           Butwhywasit,thinkye,thattheSamuelEnderby,andsomeotherEnglishwhalersIknowofnotallthoughweresuchfamous,hospitableships;thatpassedroundthebeef,andthebread,andthecan,andthejoke;andwerenotsoonwearyofeating,anddrinking,andlaughing?Iwilltellyou.TheaboundinggoodcheeroftheseEnglishwhalersismatterforhistoricalresearch.NorhaveIbeenatallsparingofhistoricalwhaleresearch,whenithasseemedneeded.

           TheEnglishwereprecededinthewhalefisherybytheHollanders,Zealanders,andDanes;fromwhomtheyderivedmanytermsstillextantinthefishery;andwhatisyetmore,theirfatoldfashions,touchingplentytoeatanddrink.For,asageneralthing,theEnglishmerchant-shipscrimpshercrew;butnotsotheEnglishwhaler.Hence,intheEnglish,thisthingofwhalinggoodcheerisnotnormalandnatural,butincidentalandparticular;and,therefore,musthavesomespecialorigin,whichisherepointedout,andwillbestillfurtherelucidated.

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