The Cassock, Chapter 95

To learn all about these matters, your best way is at once to descend into the blubber room and have a long talk with its inmates. This place has previously been mentioned as the receptacle for the blanket pieces when stripped and hoisted from the whale. On one side, lit by a dull lantern, a space has been left clear for the workmen. They generally go in pairs, a pike and gathman and a spademan. The thing he stands on will sometimes irresistibly slide away from him like a sledge. If he cuts off one of his own toes, or one of his assistants, would you be very much astonished toes are scarce among veteran bl