. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . which also facilitates the cutting, andprevents them from falling into the sea. Wlren on board, five or six ofthem are bundled together, and properly stowed; and after all is got off,the carcass is turned adrift, and devoured by the bears, who are very fondof it. In proportion as the large pieces of fat are cut off, the rest of thecrew are employed in slicing them smaller, and picking out all the this is prepared, they stow it under the deck,
. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . which also facilitates the cutting, andprevents them from falling into the sea. Wlren on board, five or six ofthem are bundled together, and properly stowed; and after all is got off,the carcass is turned adrift, and devoured by the bears, who are very fondof it. In proportion as the large pieces of fat are cut off, the rest of thecrew are employed in slicing them smaller, and picking out all the this is prepared, they stow it under the deck, where it lies till thefat of all the whales is on board; then cutting it still smaller, they put itup in casks in the hold, cramming them very full and close. Nothing nowremains but to sail homewards, where the fat is to be boiled and melteddown into train oil. M A M MALI A-W HALE. 405 A late improvement has been made in the method of discharging theharpoon, namely, by shooting it out of a kind of swivel or musquetoon; butit does not appear that since this improvement was made, the whale fishingships have had better success than The flesh of this animal is a dainty to some nations; and the savagesof Greenland, as well as those near the south pole, are fond of it to distrac-tion. They eat the flesh, and drink the oil, which is a first-rate finding a dead whale is an adventure considered among the fortunatecircumstances of their lives. They make their abode beside it; and seldomremove till thev have left nothing but the bones. CLASS SECOND-BIRDS. Vertehralcd animals with red and loarm blood, respiring by lungs, and theyoung of which are produced from eggs. Body covered ivith feathers, andgeneral conformation organized for flymg. The arrangement of birds into orders, has for its basis the conformationof the bill and feet; which are adapted to their different modes of livingand food. Birds of prey are characterized by a hooked bill, and feet armedAvith strong
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