The Sphynx

           Itshouldnothavebeenomittedthatprevioustocompletelystrippingthebodyoftheleviathan,hewasbeheaded.Now,thebeheadingoftheSpermWhaleisascientificanatomicalfeat,uponwhichexperiencedwhalesurgeonsverymuchpridethemselves:andnotwithoutreason.

           Considerthatthewhalehasnothingthatcanproperlybecalledaneck;onthecontrary,wherehisheadandbodyseemtojoin,there,inthatveryplace,isthethickestpartofhim.Remember,also,thatthesurgeonmustoperatefromabove,someeightortenfeetinterveningbetweenhimandhissubject,andthatsubjectalmosthiddeninadiscolored,rolling,andoftentimestumultuousandburstingsea.Bearinmind,too,thatundertheseuntowardcircumstanceshehastocutmanyfeetdeepintheflesh;andinthatsubterraneousmanner,withoutsomuchasgettingonesinglepeepintotheever-contractinggashthusmade,hemustskillfullysteerclearofalladjacent,interdictedparts,andexactlydividethespineatacriticalpointhardbyitsinsertionintotheskull.Doyounotmarvel,then,atStubb’sboast,thathedemandedbuttenminutestobeheadaspermwhale?

           Whenfirstsevered,theheadisdroppedasternandheldtherebyacabletillthebodyisstripped.Thatdone,ifitbelongtoasmallwhaleitishoistedondecktobedeliberatelydisposedof.

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