The red tide now poured from all sides of the monster like brooks down a hill. His tormented body rolled not in brine but in blood, which bubbled and seethed for furlongs behind in their wake. The slanting sun playing upon this crimson pond in the sea, sent back its reflection into every face, so that they all glowed to each other like red men. And all the while, jet after jet of white smoke was agonizingly shot from the spiracle of the whale, and […]
A second original of book cover to compare
The original 300 dpi book cover image scales down to try to match the featured image size at 72dpi of 200×300 – with 2 options: 200w x 267h ; 225 w x 300h. This text is for placement only and has no relationship to any text, real or imagined. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque a turpis faucibus, auctor tellus eu, eleifend tortor. Integer vel porttitor tellus. Ut finibus purus eget risus fermentum porta. Mauris scelerisque sem et dolor congue tincidunt. In […]
This is another test of mycred and ACF badge and points
First: Being horizontal in its position, the Leviathan’s tail acts in a different manner from the tails of all other sea creatures. It never wriggles. In man or fish, wriggling is a sign of inferiority. To the whale, his tail is the sole means of propulsion. Scroll-wise coiled forwards beneath the body, and then rapidly sprung backwards, it is this which gives that singular darting, leaping motion to the monster when furiously swimming. His side-fins only serve to steer by. Second: It is a little […]
testing dev points again
Hitherto, in descriptively treating of the Sperm Whale, I have chiefly dwelt upon the marvels of his outer aspect; or separately and in detail upon some few interior structural features. But to a large and thorough sweeping comprehension of him, it behooves me now to unbutton him still further, and untagging the points of his hose, unbuckling his garters, and casting loose the hooks and the eyes of the joints of his innermost bones, set him before you in his ultimatum; that is to say, […]