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The Wreck

           

           "Thenthiswouldbeawhaleincopper,"repliedCaptainHull,"for,positively,also,Iseeitshineinthesun!"

           "Atallevents,CousinBenedict,"addedMrs.Weldon,"youwillagreewithusthatthiswhalemustbedead,foritiscertainthatitdoesnotmaketheleastmovement."

           "Ah!CousinWeldon,"repliedCousinBenedict,whowasobstinate,"thiswouldnotbethefirsttimethatonehasmetawhalesleepingonthesurfaceofthewaves."

           "Thatisafact,"repliedCaptainHull;"butto-day,thethingisnotawhale,butaship."

           "Weshallsoonsee,"repliedCousinBenedict,who,afterall,wouldgiveallthemammifersoftheArcticorAntarcticseasforaninsectofararespecies.

           "Steer,Bolton,steer!"criedCaptainHullagain,"anddonotboardthewreck.Keepacable’slength.Ifwecannotdomuchharmtothishull,itmightcauseussomedamage,andIdonotcaretohurtthesidesofthe’Pilgrim’withit.Tackalittle,Bolton,tack!"

           The"Pilgrim’s"prow,whichhadbeendirectedtowardthewreck,wasturnedasidebyaslightmovementofthehelm.

           Theschoonerwasstillamilefromthecapsizedhull.Thesailorswereeagerlylookingatit.Perhapsitheldavaluablecargo,whichitwouldbepossibletotransfertothe"Pilgrim."Weknowthat,inthesesalvages,thethirdofthevaluebelongstotherescuers,and,inthiscase,ifthecargowasnotdamaged,thecrew,astheysay,wouldmake"agoodhaul."Thiswouldbeafishofconsolationfortheirincompletefishing.

           Aquarterofanhourlaterthewreckwaslessthanamilefromthe

           "Pilgrim."

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