. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . TRYING OUT. 293 THE YOUNG N1MRODS. While they are en^a^ed in trying out, the men have little time for «/ C? O t/ O anything: else. The main-sail is furled and the top-sails reefed, and the • C2 i ship drifts and floats pretty much as she likes. It is hard work, and ev-erybody is glad when it is over. There is not an idle person on board,and one of the busiest of the lot is the cooper. It is his duty to get thecasks ready for the oil, and to head them up when they have been prop-erly filled ; and when his days work is done there isnt a ma
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . TRYING OUT. 293 THE YOUNG N1MRODS. While they are en^a^ed in trying out, the men have little time for «/ C? O t/ O anything: else. The main-sail is furled and the top-sails reefed, and the • C2 i ship drifts and floats pretty much as she likes. It is hard work, and ev-erybody is glad when it is over. There is not an idle person on board,and one of the busiest of the lot is the cooper. It is his duty to get thecasks ready for the oil, and to head them up when they have been prop-erly filled ; and when his days work is done there isnt a man more readyto go to sleep than the CARCASS OF A WHALE. Harry inquired how many barrels of oil they usually obtained from awhale. I cant answer that question without an explanation, replied thecaptain. Some kinds of whales produce more than others, and then ina school of one kind yon find them of different sizes. Here are some of the figures about the yield of oil in whales. Ihave taken a sperm-whale myself that yielded one hundred and nine bar-rels, but he was not as large as another that was taken by a ship I sailedin before I was captain. That one gave one hundred and thirteen bar- THE QUANTITY OF OIL IN A WHALE. 299 rels, and he smashed two boats and fought us four hours before we suc-ceeded in killing him. The ship James Arnold, of New Bedford, took in one season eight•whales, every one of which made more than one hundred barrels; thelargest of them gave one hundred and thirty-seven of as good oil as youwould wish to see. At the same time and on the same ground anothership killed ten sperm-whales, and the whole l
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