Моби Дик

The Crotch

           Tumbledintothewater,itaccordinglyisinsuchcases;thesparecoilsofboxline(mentionedinaprecedingchapter)makingthisfeat,inmostinstances,prudentlypracticable.Butthiscriticalactisnotalwaysunattendedwiththesaddestandmostfatalcasualties.

           Furthermore:youmustknowthatwhenthesecondironisthrownoverboard,itthenceforthbecomesadangling,sharp-edgedterror,skittishlycurvettingaboutbothboatandwhale,entanglingthelines,orcuttingthem,andmakingaprodigioussensationinalldirections.Nor,ingeneral,isitpossibletosecureitagainuntilthewhaleisfairlycapturedandacorpse.

           Consider,now,howitmustbeinthecaseoffourboatsallengagingoneunusuallystrong,active,andknowingwhale;whenowingtothesequalitiesinhim,aswellastothethousandconcurringaccidentsofsuchanaudaciousenterprise,eightortenloosesecondironsmaybesimultaneouslydanglingabouthim.For,ofcourse,eachboatissuppliedwithseveralharpoonstobendontothelineshouldthefirstonebeineffectuallydartedwithoutrecovery.Alltheseparticularsarefaithfullynarratedhere,astheywillnotfailtoelucidateseveralmostimportanthoweverintricatepassages,insceneshereaftertobepainted.

           

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