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           Thecetacean,havingenteredfarintoUnionBay,maderapidfurrowsacrossitfromMandibleCapetoClawCape,propelledbyitsenormouslypowerfulflukes,onwhichitsupporteditself,andmakingitswaythroughthewaterattheratelittleshortoftwelveknotsanhour.Sometimesalsoitapproachedsoneartotheislandthatitcouldbeclearlydistinguished.Itwasthesouthernwhale,whichiscompletelyblack,theheadbeingmoredepressedthanthatofthenorthernwhale.

           Theycouldalsoseeitthrowingupfromitsair-holestoagreatheightacloudofvapor,orofwater,for,strangeasitmayappear,naturalistsandwhalersarenotagreedonthissubject.Isitairorisitwaterwhichisthusdrivenout?Itisgenerallyadmittedtobevapor,which,condensingsuddenlybycontactwiththecoldair,fallsagainasrain.

           However,thepresenceofthismammiferpreoccupiedthecolonists.ItirritatedPencroftespecially,ashecouldthinkofnothingelsewhileatwork.Heendedbylongingforit,likeachildforathingwhichithasbeendenied.Atnighthetalkedaboutitinhissleep,andcertainlyifhehadhadthemeansofattackingit,ifthesloophadbeeninafitstatetoputtosea,hewouldnothavehesitatedtosetoutinpursuit.

           Butwhatthecolonistscouldnotdoforthemselveschancedidforthem,andonthe3rdofMayshoutsfromNeb,whohadstationedhimselfatthekitchenwindow,announcedthatthewhalewasstrandedonthebeachoftheisland.

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