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The Pequod Meets The Virgin

           Inthatfine,loose,chivalrousattitudeoftheheadsmanwhendrawingneartohisprey,thethreematesstoodupproudly,occasionallybackingtheafteroarsmanwithanexhilaratingcryof,"Theresheslides,now!Hurrahforthewhite-ashbreeze!DownwiththeYarman!Sailoverhim!"

           ButsodecidedanoriginalstarthadDerickhad,thatspiteofalltheirgallantry,hewouldhaveprovedthevictorinthisrace,hadnotarighteousjudgmentdescendeduponhiminacrabwhichcaughtthebladeofhismidshipoarsman.Whilethisclumsylubberwasstrivingtofreehiswhite-ash,andwhile,inconsequence,Derick’sboatwasnightocapsizing,andhethunderingawayathismeninamightyrage;thatwasagoodtimeforStarbuck,Stubb,andFlask.Withashout,theytookamortalstartforwards,andslantinglyrangedupontheGerman’squarter.Aninstantmore,andallfourboatswerediagonicallyinthewhale’simmediatewake,whilestretchingfromthem,onbothsides,wasthefoamingswellthathemade.

           Itwasaterrific,mostpitiable,andmaddeningsight.Thewhalewasnowgoingheadout,andsendinghisspoutbeforehiminacontinualtormentedjet;whilehisonepoorfinbeathissideinanagonyoffright.Nowtothishand,nowtothat,heyawedinhisfalteringflight,andstillateverybillowthathebroke,hespasmodicallysankinthesea,orsidewaysrolledtowardstheskyhisonebeatingfin.SohaveIseenabirdwithclippedwing,makingaffrightedbrokencircleintheair,vainlystrivingtoescapethepiraticalhawks.

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