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A page from Herman Melville’s journal, about meeting Captain Pollard of the Essex. [via] (via Flavorwire » A Peek Inside the Notebooks of Famous Authors, Artists and Visionaries)

Herman Melville: big fan of crayons; illegibility.

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   McNally Jackson, book and joke mongerers, apparently.

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    White whales…we got em here!

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    Melville: big fan...crayons; illegibility.

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    I hope they talked all about cannibalism and evil whales.

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    How cool is this??

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