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Image of a sperm whale rolling on its back with three small boats surrounding it; two boats contain sailors attacking with harpoons, while the third boat is being overturned by the whale; whaling ship in background at right; small depiction of a sperm whale (with a scale showing 10 feet) below main image.
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496734a v. 22, pt. 57.
![South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of the ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Isle of Bouro, with their boats & crew in the various process of fishing, showing the manner the spermacetti [sic] whales are caught, also the mode of cutting them into the ship, & boiling the oil upon deck](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4UCXRH6%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Image of whaling ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Isle of Bouro (Buru, Indonesia) with sailors in several smaller boats engaged in a sperm whale hunt.
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