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Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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erilous, perhaps, than any pursued by citizens of this country, and associated with which romance of heroism, blended with a solemnitythat comesfrom great-^/^ disasterfrequently re-peated.1^ ~ ^ The story ofthe whalemans encounterwith the mighty prey whichPART OF WASHINGTON EXHIBIT. he seeks ; also his experi- ence in shipwreck; his struggles in the Ice floes, where wholefleets have been crushed, are told In a series of Illustrationswhich constitute a part of the loan exhibit from New Bedford.Here we see him engaged in an encounter with a sperm whale,whose mighty fluke sweeps in a great circle, threatening instantdeath or destruction to anything that It meets. There thewhaleman Is employed in the arduous duty of trying-out amongthe Ice floes of the far north. Despite the hard work of cutting in,trying-out, and cleaning bone, the slipping about on greasy decks,and the unsavory odors from the try works, these occasions aregenerally the gala days of the whalemans life, for he has a share
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FlSHERiHb. 249 in every gallon of oil and every pound of bone that goes into thehold. But when the sun has turned on his southward course, theshort Atlantic summer is passed, and gales of autumn come withicy breath, quickly freezing every drop of spray that flies, whenyoung ice is forming and the ship is perhaps scudding away toescape the danger of being caught helpless in its grasp, thentrying-out becomes a serious and uncomfortable duty that it wouldbe difficult to keep men engaged upon were it not for the personalinterest each has in the proceeds. Peculiar emphasis is added tothis when we stand on the deck of the whalinor bark Progress —averitable old blubber hunter—which, after huntinor the oriants ofnature in all seas and under all climes, rests quietly here in thelagoon, completely equipped for an ocean voyage, and one of themost instructive object lessons at the Fair, Her full lines, boatson cranes, try-works and general outfit not only teach us of thatgreat industry which,

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