Outing . e, snow-flake, sun gall, etc. They range fromthe size of a pea, in the first named, to sixinches or more in diameter, as is the case-with the sun gall. This last is found onthe Atlantic coast, and sometimes in NewYork harbor. Bowheads also eat redshrimp, young salmon and other youngfish. All whales are fat or lean, accord-ing to the supply of food. The whale-bone is all in the upper jaw, while thelovver jaw has two large lips, one on eachside. Whalebone is covered on the inner-edge with coarse hair, like horse hair,which also covers the roof of the feeding, the whale spread
Outing . e, snow-flake, sun gall, etc. They range fromthe size of a pea, in the first named, to sixinches or more in diameter, as is the case-with the sun gall. This last is found onthe Atlantic coast, and sometimes in NewYork harbor. Bowheads also eat redshrimp, young salmon and other youngfish. All whales are fat or lean, accord-ing to the supply of food. The whale-bone is all in the upper jaw, while thelovver jaw has two large lips, one on eachside. Whalebone is covered on the inner-edge with coarse hair, like horse hair,which also covers the roof of the feeding, the whale spreads out hisbroad lips, swims rapidly through a feedslick, and when his mouth is full of the-food-charged water, he closes the lipspartly, then forces the water out of his-mouth with his tongue The hair serves-as a sieve and collects all the feed. This^is swallowed, and then the operation is-repeated until his appetite is satisfied. While at anchor one day I looked overthe ships books to see how much we ate^. A HEAD OF WHALEBONE. WHALING. and I found that our eight-months sup-ply of food was 60 barrels of flour, 4,000pounds of ship bread, 70 barrels of saltbeef and pork, 100 pounds of salt codfish,400 bushels of potatoes, 1,000 pounds ofsugar, 300 gallons of molasses, 1,000pounds of coffee, 150 pounds of tea, 1,000or more cans of meat, vegetables, fruit,etc., besides small groceries. The men are paid a percentage or* lay, the lay being long or short,according to the ability or position of theman. The captain gets the shortest lay, which varies from one-eighth of the touched the water. Each boat has 200fathoms of line coiled in tubs, which isused with the harpoon. Then, as emer-gency articles, there is a keg of freshwater, a keg of bread, a lantern, and an axeto chop the line in case the whale threat-ens to swamp the boat. Whale ships are naturally oily, thoughthey are thoroughly scrubbed with lyeafter the whaling is over. This oilinesshas saved many a whaler from wreck. Agood illu
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