id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt chapter-047 chapter-047 .txt text/plain 3577 115 62 THE AFFIDAVIT So far as what there may be of a narrative in this book; and, indeed, as indirectly touching one or two very interesting and curious particulars in the habits of sperm whales, the foregoing chapter, in its earliest part, is as important a one as will be found in this volume; but the leading matter of it requires to be still further and more familiarly enlarged upon, in order to be adequately understood, and moreover to take away any incredulity which a profound ignorance of the entire subject may induce in some minds, as to the natural verity of the main points of this affair. One day she saw spouts, lowered her boats, and gave chase to a shoal of sperm whales. cache/chapter-047.txt txt/chapter-047.txt