the tumultuous business of cutting-in and attending to a whale, there is
much running backwards and forwards among the crew. Now hands are wanted
here, and then again hands are wanted there. There is no staying in any
one place; for at one and the same time everything has to be done
everywhere. It is much the same with him who endeavors the description
of the scene. We must now retrace our way a little. It was mentioned
that upon first breaking ground in the whale's back, the blubber-hook
was inserted into the original hole there cut by
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