John Lhotsky

“ If the quantity of the Prusssic acid required be a small, it is certain, that by the dilution of the acid in the immense mass of blood which these animals contain, the poisonous quality of the acid will be altogether obliterated. We remember to have assisted a whaling party on the offing of Bahia, and we can assure our readers, that the ocean was verbally dirty by the immense mass of blood, mucus, and fat, which these giants lost; and we are proud of every discovery made by persons belonging to our community. ”

“ As we have learned from some of our friends, a Captain of a whaler, now in our port, a very clever gentle man, will try in his next trip a new method to kill whales; there shall be made a cavity in the harpoon, in which shall be lodged certain quantity of Prussic acid, which will influx into the wound of the animal by the opening of a valve. ”