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Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales

           Inoneofthoseplatesthewhales,likegreatraftsoflogs,arerepresentedlyingamongice-isles,withwhitebearsrunningovertheirlivingbacks.Inanotherplate,theprodigiousblunderismadeofrepresentingthewhalewithperpendicularflukes.

           Thenagain,thereisanimposingquarto,writtenbyoneCaptainColnett,aPostCaptainintheEnglishnavy,entitled"AVoyageroundCapeHornintotheSouthSeas,forthepurposeofextendingtheSpermacetiWhaleFisheries."Inthisbookisanoutlinepurportingtobea"PictureofaPhyseterorSpermacetiwhale,drawnbyscalefromonekilledonthecoastofMexico,August,1793,andhoistedondeck."Idoubtnotthecaptainhadthisveraciouspicturetakenforthebenefitofhismarines.Tomentionbutonethingaboutit,letmesaythatithasaneyewhichapplied,accordingtotheaccompanyingscale,toafullgrownspermwhale,wouldmaketheeyeofthatwhaleabow-windowsomefivefeetlong.Ah,mygallantcaptain,whydidyenotgiveusJonahlookingoutofthateye!

           NorarethemostconscientiouscompilationsofNaturalHistoryforthebenefitoftheyoungandtender,freefromthesameheinousnessofmistake.Lookatthatpopularwork"Goldsmith’sAnimatedNature."IntheabridgedLondoneditionof1807,thereareplatesofanalleged"whale"anda"narwhale."

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