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008913's Na Vcr 9.list's Sojourn In Ja Maica. * Truly Says

Mr. Gosse in his preface, "natural, history is far too much a science of dead things---e necrology. It is mainly conver- sant with dry skins, furred or feathered, blackened,......

Herman Melville's Wha.le..

Tao sea novel is a singular medley of naval observation, maga- zine article writing, satiric reflection upon the conventionalisms of civilized life, and rhapsody run mad. So far......