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The First Lowering

           Ittookofftheextremeedgeoftheirwonder;andsowhatwithallthisandStubb’sconfidentwayofaccountingfortheirappearance,theywereforthetimefreedfromsuperstitioussurmisings;thoughtheaffairstillleftabundantroomforallmannerofwildconjecturesastodarkAhab’spreciseagencyinthematterfromthebeginning.Forme,IsilentlyrecalledthemysteriousshadowsIhadseencreepingonboardthePequodduringthedimNantucketdawn,aswellastheenigmaticalhintingsoftheunaccountableElijah.

           Meantime,Ahab,outofhearingofhisofficers,havingsidedthefurthesttowindward,wasstillrangingaheadoftheotherboats;acircumstancebespeakinghowpotentacrewwaspullinghim.Thosetigeryellowcreaturesofhisseemedallsteelandwhalebone;likefivetrip-hammerstheyroseandfellwithregularstrokesofstrength,whichperiodicallystartedtheboatalongthewaterlikeahorizontalburstboileroutofaMississippisteamer.AsforFedallah,whowasseenpullingtheharpooneeroar,hehadthrownasidehisblackjacket,anddisplayedhisnakedchestwiththewholepartofhisbodyabovethegunwale,clearlycutagainstthealternatingdepressionsofthewateryhorizon;whileattheotherendoftheboatAhab,withonearm,likeafencer’s,thrownhalfbackwardintotheair,asiftocounterbalanceanytendencytotrip;AhabwasseensteadilymanaginghissteeringoarasinathousandboatloweringseretheWhiteWhalehadtornhim.

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