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The Sperm Whale’s Head — Contrasted View

           Whatareallybeautifulandchaste-lookingmouth!fromfloortoceiling,lined,orratherpaperedwithaglisteningwhitemembrane,glossyasbridalsatins.

           Butcomeoutnow,andlookatthisportentouslowerjaw,whichseemslikethelongnarrowlidofanimmensesnuff-box,withthehingeatoneend,insteadofoneside.Ifyoupryitup,soastogetitoverhead,andexposeitsrowsofteeth,itseemsaterrificportcullis;andsuch,alas!itprovestomanyapoorwightinthefishery,uponwhomthesespikesfallwithimpalingforce.Butfarmoreterribleisittobehold,whenfathomsdowninthesea,youseesomesulkywhale,floatingtheresuspended,withhisprodigiousjaw,somefifteenfeetlong,hangingstraightdownatright-angleswithhisbody;foralltheworldlikeaship’sjibboom.Thiswhaleisnotdead;heisonlydispirited;outofsorts,perhaps;hypochondriac;andsosupine,thatthehingesofhisjawhaverelaxed,leavinghimthereinthatungainlysortofplight,areproachtoallhistribe,whomust,nodoubt,imprecatelock-jawsuponhim.

           Inmostcasesthislowerjawbeingeasilyunhingedbyapractisedartistisdisengagedandhoistedondeckforthepurposeofextractingtheivoryteeth,andfurnishingasupplyofthathardwhitewhalebonewithwhichthefishermenfashionallsortsofcuriousarticlesincludingcanes,umbrellasticks,andhandlestoriding-whips

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