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same purpose & there ground up &
boiled, making guano or fertilizer even
the blood is dried & used for fertilizer
& the water in which the rubber
is boiled also makes excellent
glue. So like the proverbial king of the
Chicago stock yards, not even the
where only the formal is left, is the
tale of King Mammon.
The whole hunting today, while devoid
of much of that excitement attendant
upon the old time pursuit with
hand harpoon & lance is yet full
of fascination peculiarly arousing sport,
and called to me The tender silent moment
of waiting for the boom & expectation
the man under the excitement of
the moment when the great jump-
lash body rounds up right at the foot
of the bluff the crash of the hayman
whip, the final struggle of their
great animal all combined to would
make the pulses leap & the
student blood run quick. All to this
the keen pleasure of recording
& sleeping with the adventure & they
who has it will think after
ward that better sport could not
be wished. Never while I chase
And to the naturalist every movement
of the whale is interesting, studying