Though she herself was barely able to crawl to the spot where they lay, she carried to them the last lump of blubber, endeavouring to make them eat it.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
13,481. Has it not been always the custom in Shetland that the proprietor gets one-third of the blubber?
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie
We thought, as the Government claim the foreshores and beaches, the proprietors had no right to claim any share of the oil, because the blubber is never taken above high-water mark Most of the whales were killed at sea, and dragged ashore, and we thought the fishermen should have the same right to beach whales as to beach cod or ling, or anything else under the Act regulating the fishings.
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie