A whaleman's nipper is a short firm strip of tendinous stuff cut from the tapering part of Leviathan's tail: it averages an inch in thickness, and for the rest, is about the size of the iron part of a hoe.

捕者的滚子是从鱼尾巴变细的部分切来的一条短而结实的腱质物；平均有一英寸厚，锄头的锄板相仿。