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The Affidavit

           Soignorantaremostlandsmenofsomeoftheplainestandmostpalpablewondersoftheworld,thatwithoutsomehintstouchingtheplainfacts,historicalandotherwise,ofthefishery,theymightscoutatMobyDickasamonstrousfable,orstillworseandmoredetestable,ahideousandintolerableallegory.

           First:Thoughmostmenhavesomevagueflittingideasofthegeneralperilsofthegrandfishery,yettheyhavenothinglikeafixed,vividconceptionofthoseperils,andthefrequencywithwhichtheyrecur.Onereasonperhapsis,thatnotoneinfiftyoftheactualdisastersanddeathsbycasualtiesinthefishery,everfindsapublicrecordathome,howevertransientandimmediatelyforgottenthatrecord.Doyousupposethatthatpoorfellowthere,whothismomentperhapscaughtbythewhale-lineoffthecoastofNewGuinea,isbeingcarrieddowntothebottomoftheseabythesoundingleviathandoyousupposethatthatpoorfellow’snamewillappearinthenewspaperobituaryyouwillreadto-morrowatyourbreakfast?No:becausethemailsareveryirregularbetweenhereandNewGuinea.Infact,didyoueverhearwhatmightbecalledregularnewsdirectorindirectfromNewGuinea?YetIwilltellyouthatupononeparticularvoyagewhichImadetothePacific,amongmanyotherswespokethirtydifferentships,everyoneofwhichhadhadadeathbyawhale,someofthemmorethanone,andthreethathadeachlostaboat’screw.

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