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They all put on life preservers to guard against the contingency of the Porpoise being ripped apart and themselves cast into the water, yet they realized that without their ship, they could live but a little while in the ice-filled water near the south pole. The professor saw that everything was in readiness.
"We'll sail around and see if there's a place to land," spoke the inventor. "There doesn't seem to be a good harbor on this side." Slowly the Porpoise made the circuit. The island appeared to be almost round. When they had gone about half way around Andy, who was staring ahead, cried out: "Look out Professor! Don't go any nearer or we'll be sucked into the whirlpool!"
The length of the ground is about 4 miles NNE. and SSW., and the breadth about 1 mile. This furnishes good haddocking in January, February. and March. the latter month showing the best fishing. Jerry Yorks Ridge. This lies just inside and paralleling Jeffreys Ledge WNW. from its shoal water and about 5 miles distant from the ledge and about 18 miles SE. by S. ½ S. from Cape Porpoise.
Baker grunted encouragingly in our midst, spluttering and blowing amongst the tangled ropes like an energetic porpoise. Favoured by an ominous and untrustworthy lull, the work was done without any one being lost either off the deck or from the yard. For the moment the gale seemed to take off, and the ship, as if grateful for our efforts, plucked up heart and made better weather of it.
Here, for instance, is a porpoise: here is its strong backbone, with the cavity running through it, which contains the spinal cord; here are the ribs, here the shoulder-blade; here is the little short upper-arm bone, here are the two forearm bones, the wrist-bone, and the finger-bones. Now, let us make another jump.
They ran up to him, and he pointed to a gun leaning against an iceberg. "A gun!" cried the doctor. Hatteras took it; it was loaded and in good condition. "The men from the Porpoise can't be far off," said the doctor. Hatteras remarked that the gun was of American manufacture, and his hands crisped the frozen barrel. He gave orders to continue the march, and they kept on down the mountain slope.
As the type of the FOLIO I present the SPERM WHALE; of the OCTAVO, the GRAMPUS; of the DUODECIMO, the PORPOISE. FOLIOS. Among these I here include the following chapters: I. The SPERM WHALE; II. the RIGHT WHALE; III. the FIN-BACK WHALE; IV. the HUMP-BACKED WHALE; V. the RAZOR-BACK WHALE; VI. the SULPHUR-BOTTOM WHALE.
In a few minutes a boat was seen to put off from the ship, and soon a little launch, in command of a lieutenant in uniform, drew up alongside the Porpoise. "Who is captain of this craft?" asked the lieutenant as he came aboard. "I am," replied Mr. Henderson. "What do you mean by firing on me?" "I am Lieutenant Muchmore," said the other, saluting.
We'll board the ship now, and get the electric guns to ward off any further attacks!" "That's the talk!" cried Mark. Toward the Porpoise all started on a run. As they neared her they found that the rising tide had floated her. "We must see if the natives damaged her," spoke Mr. Henderson as soon as he set foot on deck.
I saw, or seemed to see, the arched apartments, the procession of venerable matrons, the consecrated vestments: the very temple began to rise upon my sight, when a Dutch porpoise approaching to make me a low bow; his complaisance was full as notorious as Satan's, when, according to Catholic legends, he took leave of Calvin or Dr. Faustus.
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