| Yes, he was a part of it, he would become a part of it, and he had been a harpooner for a long time. |
| The whale harpooner was a person of high rank, and families passed down the magical and practical secrets that made for successful hunting. |
| Some profit went to the boat, some went to the harpooner, some to the boat steerer and the rest to the crew. |
| If the harpooner missed once, he had only one more attempt, since only two lines could be used at any given time. |
| Not to mention one of the main characters in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Ned Land, a harpooner from Quebec City. |
| North, recognising the voice as that of a young man named Macy, his own harpooner, at once bade him enter. |
