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"When they (the American whalers) killed a whale, they would hang it on along (the) side of (the) boat, cut the head off (and) put them in the ship and let go the rest of whale.

Everything on their head they took because at the time they (the heads) cost lots of money... the Inuit would always find the rest on shore."

Albert Oliver

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