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The Town-Ho’s Story

           

           "’Thechicha!thechicha!’criedDonPedro;‘ourvigorousfriendfaint;filluphisemptyglass!’

           "Noneed,gentlemen;onemoment,andIproceed.Now,gentlemen,sosuddenlyperceivingthesnowywhalewithinfiftyyardsoftheshipforgetfulofthecompactamongthecrewintheexcitementofthemoment,theTeneriffemanhadinstinctivelyandinvoluntarilyliftedhisvoiceforthemonster,thoughforsomelittletimepastithadbeenplainlybeheldfromthethreesullenmast-heads.Allwasnowaphrensy.‘TheWhiteWhaletheWhiteWhale!’wasthecryfromcaptain,mates,andharpooneers,who,undeterredbyfearfulrumours,wereallanxioustocapturesofamousandpreciousafish;whilethedoggedcreweyedaskance,andwithcurses,theappallingbeautyofthevastmilkymass,thatlitupbyahorizontalspanglingsun,shiftedandglistenedlikealivingopalinthebluemorningsea.Gentlemen,astrangefatalitypervadesthewholecareeroftheseevents,asifverilymappedoutbeforetheworlditselfwascharted.Themutineerwasthebowsmanofthemate,andwhenfasttoafish,itwashisdutytositnexthim,whileRadneystoodupwithhislanceintheprow,andhaulinorslackentheline,atthewordofcommand.Moreover,whenthefourboatswerelowered,themate’sgotthestart;andnonehowledmorefiercelywithdelightthandidSteelkilt,ashestrainedathisoar.Afterastiffpull,theirharpooneergotfast,and,spearinhand,Radneysprangtothebow.Hewasalwaysafuriousman,itseems,inaboat.

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