"I remember reading that there are three sorts of whalesthe finback, the right whale, and the sperm whale; but I should like to hear how they are caught.

The whalers had been obliged to fall back on the finback or jubarte, a gigantic mammifer, whose attacks are not without danger.

Had they not in view, more likely, a "finback" mammifer, as well known by the name "jubarte," which is provided with a dorsal fin, and whose length may equal that of the "right" whale?