The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-14
dead. ,bou, mile md a half from where they

latest, It's tIubbct being, In parts, rs niucn nv
twelve inches IN thicknt rs, while mat 81 tne Nv Nv
was not more than eight IN 'hes. From NE
head Of the latter. however, they got ABOUT slh
hundred pou DIS ct uHleen, or whacb0ne, we
lon est of whicn measured seven feet, while me
mouth Of the calf which IL supposed lo nave
been only aOOut wear ia, lleIded scIVe't "n t,
hone woI III saving. Tue estimated Nlcld ul OIL
from O two was about tNcnty-iour barrels
iroui the cai and twonty-six from the COW
Lob gallons In all.
CUTTING UP.
Cuftinc the blupl er from whale ut sea Is
very siuIlc work, Tor there the huge rcaas Is
moured b -ide shin, n great hook rugged from
tlckle at the masthead aud fastened ~ strip
Of the blupbcr-which covers tho enlire bouy OF
the hale. lying Just beneath the black SKIN
and ~ the men cut the srp free, 1y means OF
their biubber spades II Is hoisted up, like an
enormous ribbon, am the carcass from which IL
T. being striupeu slowly turns over ana over IN
the water. liut here, on the sandy beach, getting
the blubber on IL quite a different natter Top
aud sides are easily CROUCH got at, but then tue
blli Der cutters must wait Tor tho power OF a
nOud-tide to turn their whale, and even tins aid
Is not always sufficient without great LABOR on
their part. In the two IN tances under cons d.
Grafton, however, the task was successfully ac-
compished. The blubher, the calIs tongue
AL, and uukcs-which were almost all tat-the
fatty portions Of the cows tongue, nnd the bone
from her mouth were ali carried w on bfoau-
wheeled beach cart to the shed known as the
"uy works" Here the crews took turns-in
watches of six hours each, day ana night-in the
cleaning Of the bone and trying out of the OIL IN
two great iron kettles. The hlubOer ana Othei
fatty portions were cut In strips about " o
Der spU dcs keen Chisel-like lladcs ABOUT
ihree inches vide, set on long hlndles-and
then further chopped into pieces hali or tnree,,,
quarters Of an inch thick Uy "minclng knNes,
long, sharp bl DIES, with handle on cach end.
Tncsc pieces were lifted into Tho ket les by
means Of pitchtOrks ma the nre IN the lurnu, G
beneath the kettles was kept going brightly
with the scraps II cooked blubber, from when
no more oil could be got by frying. Much OIL,
propnbly nine per cent, Is lost b, this steful
process, which might be saved II a hvdrau!io
press were employ,d To squeeze the scraps he
b. "a. aIf laa AZ flNl
divided into twcuty-One and n half shares. II
which one T. allotted to each boat to cover the
expense of It, maintenance IN good cunutt ION,
one ualf to the man VINO raised or sighted the
whales, and one to etcn of the eighteen men en-
gaged in tue capture aud subsequent work.
WHALE MEAT.
whale IL catahle. 1t Is even considered bl
some very good to eat. Great AXIS arc cut out
OF the back Of tender Young whale, which
whcn cooked. can scarcely b. distinguished
even 10y euCures, from good. juicy, ttndet beef
Aiince pies made with whale meat, by he ski4 d
IN IT is OF AmdgdIsett, are IS good US any
bouys mince pies. DOughnuts fried In whale
oil. In the great blubDer kettles, are considered
uXuues ~ Anagausett. me whalers who
TRY OuL" the oil are constantly niObling at the
crisp, freshly fried blubber scraps, aud eating
corn parchUd ~ teinR tossed into the boiling
oil. " hale oil Il certainly not go nasty Ms cod
liver on, nndto most palatcs would be prcfera-
bic to castor oil; but no one wno tries II Tor the
LTst time VIII eNince u decided fOndness for II.
"Wtat kind OF whales DO you IND on this
coast" .skcd the writer u one vi the numerous
Capt. EdM iIdscs, WHO was steadily stiErlhg tue
hight ales, same as these were; sulphu
bottoms; pretty nesr the same, only they are OF
lighter colur-sort OF slOtteC tuO-and GLOW
It'll, dlG Iently, and don't yield az much oil
and uu lacks. We lri the Tn backs alone. They
are to- much racers f1r u. Capt. J ush made
fast to one once, ana for about four miles, unii
the iron pulled out lis boat " rushed aoie
.t the rate Of a mile a minute, and dragged
down 80 with the speed he WAS going that the
water stood up on e-ch side as nish as The
mems shoulders, like as II they were going
through "a trough. It's a wonder she wasn't
swampcd. She would have been taAen cl, an
ut to sea II the iron Dad held and they hadn't
Z 1 lOse.'
Yes, ana mighty Gid | was. too, when that
iron pullcd out. I've never tackled any more
Oh u eks,' remarked Cait. Josh.
DO YOU cltcn wh. les here every w1nter?"
We've averaged more titan one a winter for
ten years udst Ouc winter. SIX years ago, We
took i've. Bat there hHyr been winters when
We Otcn't take any. LIS IA a lottery. We MAY
RAISE whale any minute, aud not raise one ior
m.Hths o ,,,on,,. ,,,. u,.,o,on o..
seven feet bone Is that deemed good aver
axe leustnF
FIsu STORIES.
He rested his strrer against the side OF the
kei lie, meditatcd a M nmtnt, and replied I've
tak u zone fourteen feet long
\ MAN VINO wa. uibplins iece OF b'uhpet
scrap threw 1t down and said i've seen bone
Ine man wicl-in. the mincine knife stopped
rubbed bis nneer long the sirip Of blubDer d
ave took whale once IN the Arctic ocean that
had nineteen foot bone"
Another man. WAC was cutting up the BIZ
slans Of blubher with spade. came forward.
cheweo a scrap of fried blu Der Tor Inspiration,
and said; " me longest bone ever l see Wa'
tWenty-one feet"
rucn for a w minutes a solemn silence sat
upon tbt sc VINO ia seen snort bOle, and each
IA 10 returned to Ms lAUtr.
81 atwenty five barrel Yield OF oil deemed
f. ri, gJuuI Hshcd he writer.
"Onl good tat ~ hale will sometimes yield
as uucn as 10 barrels. rcpn-d the surter.
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