A Book for Massachusetts Children,: In Familiar Letters from a Father, for the Use of Families and SchoolsHilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins., 1829 - 132 pages |
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... Whale Fisheries . IX . The Country Towns - Farming and other Employments . X. Almshouses , Schools , Meetinghouses . XI . Town Meetings . XII . Capes and Bays of Massachusetts . XIII . Islands - Nantucket , Dukes County , & c . XIV ...
... Whale Fisheries . IX . The Country Towns - Farming and other Employments . X. Almshouses , Schools , Meetinghouses . XI . Town Meetings . XII . Capes and Bays of Massachusetts . XIII . Islands - Nantucket , Dukes County , & c . XIV ...
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... whale . The whale is not good for food , but is taken for the sake of his oil . A part of his flesh is soft and fat , and when it is tried over a fire , a great deal of oil runs out of it . The men who catch the whales , sail a great ...
... whale . The whale is not good for food , but is taken for the sake of his oil . A part of his flesh is soft and fat , and when it is tried over a fire , a great deal of oil runs out of it . The men who catch the whales , sail a great ...
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... whale , they get out of their ship into their boats , and row towards him . One man stands at the head of the boat , holding a sharp iron spear in his hand , called a harpoon ; and when the boat comes close to the whale , the man throws ...
... whale , they get out of their ship into their boats , and row towards him . One man stands at the head of the boat , holding a sharp iron spear in his hand , called a harpoon ; and when the boat comes close to the whale , the man throws ...
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... whale fishery , which , you remem- ber , I described in one of my other letters . The town of Nantucket is a pretty large town . It has more than seven thousand in- habitants . It has seven meetinghouses and two banks . A bank is a ...
... whale fishery , which , you remem- ber , I described in one of my other letters . The town of Nantucket is a pretty large town . It has more than seven thousand in- habitants . It has seven meetinghouses and two banks . A bank is a ...
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... they very often take large whales that come into the harbour . The boys go out to sea as soon as they are strong enough to pull up a codfish . The people are * active and industrious , and generally get a com- fortable 8 LETTER XXXVI . 80.
... they very often take large whales that come into the harbour . The boys go out to sea as soon as they are strong enough to pull up a codfish . The people are * active and industrious , and generally get a com- fortable 8 LETTER XXXVI . 80.
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