Пятнадцатилетний капитан

A Whale in Sight

           "Buttheyaresosmallthatwemightalmostcallthemseainsects.PerhapsCousinBenedictwouldbeverymuchenchantedtomakeacollectionofthem."Thencalling:"CousinBenedict!"criedshe.

           CousinBenedictappearedoutofthecompanion-wayalmostatthesametimeasCaptainHull.

           "CousinBenedict,"saidMrs.Weldon,"seethatimmensereddishfieldwhichextendsasfaraswecansee."

           "Hold!"saidCaptainHull."Thatiswhales’food.Mr.Benedict,afineoccasiontostudythiscuriousspeciesofcrustacea."

           "Phew!"fromtheentomologist.

           "Howphew!"criedthecaptain."Butyouhavenorighttoprofesssuchindifference.Thesecrustaceansformoneofthesixclassesofthearticulates,ifIamnotmistaken,andassuch"

           "Phew!"saidCousinBenedictagain,shakinghislead.

           "ForinstanceIfindyoupassablydisdainfulforanentomologist!"

           "Entomologist,itmaybe,"repliedCousinBenedict,"butmoreparticularlyhexapodist,CaptainHull,pleaseremember."

           "Atallevents,"repliedCaptainHull,"ifthesecrustaceansdonotinterestyou,itcan’tbehelped;butitwouldbeotherwiseifyoupossessedawhale’sstomach.Thenwhataregale!Doyousee,Mrs.Weldon,whenwewhalers,duringthefishingseason,arriveinsightofashoalofthesecrustaceans,wehaveonlytimetoprepareourharpoonsandourlines.Wearecertainthatthegameisnotdistant."

           "Isitpossiblethatsuchlittlebeastscanfeedsuchlargeones?"criedJack.

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