Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-03-25
!. Obj s'antt55 frien1.
] Whale Fishery.

with the boat, the boat
would be dragged under water in
stantly; tpr the wotindeg fish swins
of with great rapidityi. and often
dives 10 d Perpendicular direction.
IopreYftlt such b danger, qne man.
stan Us over the line, as it passes
the Edge of the boat, wiEh a Ratchet
raisRd Ready TO strife, that he
might CHI the rope in an instant.
INDEED, tle velocity Of The creature
is 81 grebt, that tle md DO continual
" fel the edge of the boat where
The line. runs, lest it shpul,i, by the
into nse friction, catch fire. The
WIN le q annot q ntiaue immersed
in / he water for any great length
ol me; he must come Up to breathe.
When they see him rising, they
ROW afttrhim, and strike him with
another harpoou, in order to ensure
and expedite hisIdyinS Becoming
exhausted, lie cannot now contln-
ne uadtr water 50 long as. before;
land when he comes up again, he
lis little able tp make a third de-
scent. The BOATS Therefore gather
Iaroupd him, aai't the men kill him
with long Iances. The harpoon is
a long. staff, alIone end OF which
SIS a ling loI the Iihe, atthe other i
Triangular iron, or Sharp barbeil
.<peaf-l lead, for penetrating deeply
into lib + / Creatures body An ilI-
1stlumd hi bore iicctuai, and which
is now coriing into use, is The gun
Iharpodi; a continuance fer uartiag
tile ms uudlent f,tom a blundrfB3uss,
or swif eI dun. This viii effect the
purpose u ore certainly, and at a
; greater distances. I'Iis also IS more
J morcilh l; al, W entering more deep
Is, Tie fish is Killed at once, or does
: mol live above a quarter Of an hour.
5 He is known to be near d, ing,
e when ;Hle water he spot.ls out be-
:, comes lE6ged with blood. When
: they bar4, conquered aim, he il
fastened with ropes to the side of
!; the SLIP, and Tie men begin, stand
: ing updl him, to cut Dat his fat, in
e large humps; and to cut off, with
E hatchets, the whalebQne from lis
upper jaw. The substance OF the
; carcass they leave lor tile bears Of
! birds of prey. 4 fishIso obtained
. WILDE worth Eve lhpusahd dollars.
or less according "a lis sike; and
products about seIcnly butts Of
blubbct. These ilsh, ll fiji 81, came
into all The bays, ahd shall9 IS arms
off thf sea-; but having been Sd
much disturbed, tiley now frequent
e only tile deeper waters. Davis
, Straits seem of late 10 be their tat
vorite haunt. Yet in No venlber
they are found in great hpnlber;
abou: lAr mouth Of the ! liver. St
, Lamrdnce 10 which The teiI lales re
tire to bring forth their young
Anotht r product Of tie whale /,
.Sper1iH4E. There is one species o.
whale SO named, because it yield,
. this nj alter lnOgreater abundance
This is V Iiit@i, flaky, Ia l-greasy
SUBSTANCE, Of much use in medi
i cine, dr lis oily qualities TalScf
D inw ar&lY, it SoItens or Iubricates
5 and u the same qualities, Mhcl
! used externally, it renders the skin
a soft aid delicate. file ladies use
D Iii in their cosmetics; and excellent
: candles are made OF it. The rea
5 nature of spermacetI was no
t known for long line, but it is now
G agreed TO be the brain ofthe whale
t some ions are yieldel by a single
i fish. This is cut, and melted, and
i strained rrepeatcdIy by,which mean.
y it becomes delicately white Some.
e thing like il may be manufactured
n from whale oil, and the coarsel
e parts Io the fish, as the tail, SC
e Bat this is not so good, nor will i
keep IFS color. Another substance
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