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Preparations

           

           "Dick,thesehonestmenwillaidyouinpreparingtheemptybarrels.Duringourabsencetheywillbringthemondeck,andbythismeanstheworkwillgofastonourreturn."

           "Thatshallbedone,captain."

           Forthebenefitofthosewhodonotknow,itisnecessarytosaythatthejubarte,oncedead,mustbetowedasfarasthe"Pilgrim,"andfirmlylashedtoherstarboardside.Thenthesailors,shodinboots,withcramp-hookswouldtaketheirplacesonthebackoftheenormouscetacean,andcutitupmethodicallyinparallelbandsmarkedofffromtheheadtothetail.Thesebandswouldbethencutacrossinslicesofafootandahalf,thendividedintopieces,which,afterbeingstowedinthebarrels,wouldbesenttothebottomofthehold.

           Generallythewhalingship,whenthefishingisover,managestolandassoonaspossible,soastofinishhermanipulations.Thecrewlands,andthenproceedstomeltthelard,which,undertheactionoftheheat,givesupallitsusefulpartthatis,theoil.Inthisoperation,thewhale’slardweighsaboutathirdofitsweight.

           But,underpresentcircumstances,CaptainHullcouldnotdreamofputtingbacktofinishthatoperation.HeonlycountedonmeltingthisquantityoflardatValparaiso.Besides,withwindswhichcouldnotfailtohailfromthewest,hehopedtomaketheAmericancoastbeforetwentydays,andthatlapseoftimecouldnotcompromisetheresultsofhisfishing.

           Themomentforsettingouthadcome.

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