Thursday, March 24, 2011

Today in History

From The New York Times, on this day in 1884:

...A whale was sporting in the waters off the south side of the island [Nantucket]... But alas! there was scarcely a vestige of whaling gear upon the island, so no effort could be made to capture his whaleship...

1 comment:

  1. Interesting usage here. "...his whaleship..." as in his Lordship? Whaleship meaning whaleness? His whaleness in and of itself. I can think of many other occasions to apply this phrase!

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