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English: A whaler bailing out the case of a sperm whale (i.e., the head separated from the lower jaw and body) to obtain the spermaceti within.
This illustration comes from the novel Nimrod of the Sea by William M Davis (1815-1891) |
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| Source | Nimrod of the Sea (1874) |
| Author | William M Davis |
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