porpoise-spearing

Updated: May 31, 2025

In this cause of common existence embarrassment was forgotten and tongues were loosed that had never before addressed a public gathering. A proposition was put forward that the islanders should dispute the porpoise-spearing monopoly of the Quoddy Indians that were already sailing across the channel for their annual summer's sport, but this likewise met with defeat.

Frank Williams - The Harbor of Doubt