. The Red Eric; or, The whaler's last cruise. A tale . he name of a blanket-piece. It weighed upwards of a ton. The hookbeing lowered and again attached, the processwas continued until the whole was cut off. After-wards, the head was severed from the body andhoisted on board, in order that the oil containedin the hollow of it might be baled out. From the head of the first whale ten barrels ofoil were obtained. The blubber yielded abouteighty barrels. When the cutting out was completed, andthe remnants of bone and flesh were left to thesharks which swarmed round the vessel, revellingin their un
. The Red Eric; or, The whaler's last cruise. A tale . he name of a blanket-piece. It weighed upwards of a ton. The hookbeing lowered and again attached, the processwas continued until the whole was cut off. After-wards, the head was severed from the body andhoisted on board, in order that the oil containedin the hollow of it might be baled out. From the head of the first whale ten barrels ofoil were obtained. The blubber yielded abouteighty barrels. When the cutting out was completed, andthe remnants of bone and flesh were left to thesharks which swarmed round the vessel, revellingin their unusually rich banquet, the process of trying in commenced. Trying-in is the termapplied to the melting of the fat and the stowingit away in barrels in the form of oil; and an un-commonly dirty process it is. The large blan-ket-pieces were cut into smaller portions, andput into the try-pots, which were kept in constantoperation. At night, the ship had all the appear-ance of a vessel on fire, and the scene on deckwas particularly striking and SPINNING YARNS.
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