Моби Дик

The Town-Ho’s Story

           There,headedbytheLakeman,allbutfiveorsixoftheforemastmendeliberatelydesertedamongthepalms;eventually,asitturnedout,seizingalargedoublewar-canoeofthesavages,andsettingsailforsomeotherharbor.

           "Theship’scompanybeingreducedtobutahandful,thecaptaincalledupontheIslanderstoassisthiminthelaboriousbusinessofheavingdowntheshiptostoptheleak.Buttosuchunrestingvigilanceovertheirdangerousallieswasthissmallbandofwhitesnecessitated,bothbynightandbyday,andsoextremewasthehardworktheyunderwent,thatuponthevesselbeingreadyagainforsea,theywereinsuchaweakenedconditionthatthecaptaindurstnotputoffwiththeminsoheavyavessel.Aftertakingcounselwithhisofficers,heanchoredtheshipasfaroffshoreaspossible;loadedandranouthistwocannonfromthebows;stackedhismusketsonthepoop;andwarningtheIslandersnottoapproachtheshipattheirperil,tookonemanwithhim,andsettingthesailofhisbestwhale-boat,steeredstraightbeforethewindforTahiti,fivehundredmilesdistant,toprocureareinforcementtohiscrew.

           "Onthefourthdayofthesail,alargecanoewasdescried,whichseemedtohavetouchedatalowisleofcorals.Hesteeredawayfromit;butthesavagecraftboredownonhim;andsoonthevoiceofSteelkilthailedhimtoheaveto,orhewouldrunhimunderwater.Thecaptainpresentedapistol.

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