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(Ends from page 193)
Both Capts. Johnson & Hurrun conferred
Capt. Melmons statement that the
Kilars put their noses against the lips
of the gray whale and force them both
open to get at the tongues. The Gray
Whales are so terrified as soon as a
Killer appears that generally they turn
over on their backs belly up, [illegible]
with
fins spread out and lie quiet. Capt.
Johnson shut me in the Quarterdeck
dying in this position,