whaling lines
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- description
- Strong ropes used to connect the whaling boats to the harpooned whale, allowing the crew to control and track the animal.
- function
- suspending the whale, conducting throbs
- material_description
- thin threads
Relationships
- conductWounded Whale
- description
- The lines transmit the whale's vital signs and struggles directly to the boats, allowing the crew to feel its life and death throbs.
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- distinctly conducting upwards to them, as by magnetic wires, the life and death throbs of the whale,
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- 2026-03-02T00:02:08.245Z
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