Whales

I really didn't dare to send it across the Atlantic — the whales are so inconsiderate. They'd have been sure to want to borrow it to show to the little whales, quite forgetting that the salt water would be sure to ruin it.

— Whales

The bottle-nosed whale is a furlong long

— Whales

But what's this long face about, Mr. Starbuck; wilt thou not chase the white whale! art not game for Moby Dick?""I am game for his crooked jaw, and for the jaws of Death too, Captain Ahab, if it fairly comes in the way of the business we follow; but I came here to hunt whales, not my commander's vengeance. How many barrels will thy vengeance yield thee even if thou gettest it, Captain Ahab? it will not fetch thee much in our Nantucket market.

— Whales

The skeleton of the whale furnishes but little clue to the shape of his fully invested body.

— Whales

Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?Polonius: Very like a whale.

— Whales