When the men see a 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... A Book for Massachusetts Children: In Familiar Letters from a Father - Page 18 by Hosea Hildreth - 1831 - 142 pages Full view -
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