The Sperm Whale

Sperm whale is the largest inhabitant of the globe. The most formidable of all whales to encounter. Most valuable in commerce, he being only creature from which that valuable substance spermacette is obtained. Spermaceti was popularly supposed to derived from a creature identical with the one then known in england as the greenland or right whale. In those times also, spermacetti was exceedingly scarce, not being used for light, but only as an ointment and medicine. It was only to be had from the druggists, as you nowadays buy an ounce of rhubarb. He yields the article commonly known as whalebone, or baling, and the oil