Not P but Moby-Dick (74)

[Mike Jing]

On the face of it, it seems to be saying that whalers are also the origin
of the nature of the substance, which seems a bit strange to me. In
addition, it seems the nature of the substance is not yet well understood.


On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 4:53 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Whalers were the origin of slobgollion in word and some kind of deed.
>
> On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 4:42 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> From Chapter 94:
>>
>> There is another substance, and a very singular one, which turns up in the
>> course of this business, but which I feel it to be very puzzling
>> adequately
>> to describe. It is called slobgollion; an appellation original with the
>> whalemen, and even so is the nature of the substance.
>>
>> What does "even so" refer to here? Does it mean the nature of the
>> substance
>> is also very puzzling, or is it something else?
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