THE JUNK
The jaw having been removed, the junk was then taken off and brought on deck to be cut up and tried out.
The junk was very rich in spermaceti—used by the manufacturers of cosmetics and spermaceti candles.
While the whale lay alongside, the neighbouring waters were infested with a multitude of voracious sharks, which, if the cutting in were not done without delay tore the blubber to shreds.
During cutting in the men on the stage made periodical onslaughts on these robbers with their spades, taking a characteristically seamanlike satisfaction in seeing the wounded sharks instantly set upon and devoured by their fellows.
The Junk