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The Tail

           Instrikingataboat,heswiftlycurvesawayhisflukesfromit,andtheblowisonlyinflictedbytherecoil.Ifitbemadeintheunobstructedair,especiallyifitdescendtoitsmark,thestrokeisthensimplyirresistible.Noribsofmanorboatcanwithstandit.Youronlysalvationliesineludingit;butifitcomessidewaysthroughtheopposingwater,thenpartlyowingtothelightbuoyancyofthewhale-boat,andtheelasticityofitsmaterials,acrackedriboradashedplankortwo,asortofstitchintheside,isgenerallythemostseriousresult.Thesesubmergedsideblowsaresooftenreceivedinthefishery,thattheyareaccountedmerechild’splay.Someonestripsoffafrock,andtheholeisstopped.

           Third:Icannotdemonstrateit,butitseemstome,thatinthewhalethesenseoftouchisconcentratedinthetail;forinthisrespectthereisadelicacyinitonlyequalledbythedaintinessoftheelephant’strunk.Thisdelicacyischieflyevincedintheactionofsweeping,wheninmaidenlygentlenessthewhalewithacertainsoftslownessmoveshisimmenseflukessidetosideuponthesurfaceofthesea;andifhefeelbutasailor’swhisker,woetothatsailor,whiskersandall.Whattendernessthereisinthatpreliminarytouch!Hadthistailanyprehensilepower,IshouldstraightwaybethinkmeofDarmonodes’elephantthatsofrequentedtheflower-market,andwithlowsalutationspresentednosegaystodamsels,andthencaressedtheirzones.

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