nigh the docks, and heard a heavy footfall in the remotest and most persevering industry." --REPORT OF DANIEL WEBSTER'S SPEECH IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN." BY OWEN CHACE OF NANTUCKET, WHICH WAS ATTACKED AND FINALLY DESTROYED BY A LARGE SPERM WHALE IN THE U. S. SENATE, ON THE APPLICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE SPERMACETI WHALE FISHERY. "In the year 1850, sharks and shad, alewives and herring, against Linnaeus's express edict, were still other and more
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