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The Chart

           ButinthecautiouscomprehensivenessandunloiteringvigilancewithwhichAhabthrewhisbroodingsoulintothisunfalteringhunt,hewouldnotpermithimselftorestallhishopesupontheonecrowningfactabovementioned,howeverflatteringitmightbetothosehopes;norinthesleeplessnessofhisvowcouldhesotranquillizehisunquietheartastopostponeallinterveningquest.

           Now,thePequodhadsailedfromNantucketattheverybeginningoftheSeason-on-the-Line.Nopossibleendeavorthencouldenablehercommandertomakethegreatpassagesouthwards,doubleCapeHorn,andthenrunningdownsixtydegreesoflatitudearriveintheequatorialPacificintimetocruisethere.Therefore,hemustwaitforthenextensuingseason.YettheprematurehourofthePequod’ssailinghad,perhaps,beencorrectlyselectedbyAhab,withaviewtothisverycomplexionofthings.Because,anintervalofthreehundredandsixty-fivedaysandnightswasbeforehim;anintervalwhich,insteadofimpatientlyenduringashore,hewouldspendinamiscellaneoushunt;ifbychancetheWhiteWhale,spendinghisvacationinseasfarremotefromhisperiodicalfeeding-grounds,shouldturnuphiswrinkledbrowoffthePersianGulf,orintheBengalBay,orChinaSeas,orinanyotherwatershauntedbyhisrace.SothatMonsoons,Pampas,Nor-Westers,Harmattans,Traders;anywindbuttheLevanterandSimoon,mightblowMobyDickintothedeviouszig-zagworld-circleofthePequod’scircumnavigatingwake.

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