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The Pequod Meets The Virgin

           For,bythistime,sospentwashebylossofblood,thathehelplesslyrolledawayfromthewreckhehadmade;laypantingonhisside,impotentlyflappedwithhisstumpedfin,thenoverandoverslowlyrevolvedlikeawaningworld;turnedupthewhitesecretsofhisbelly;laylikealog,anddied.Itwasmostpiteous,thatlastexpiringspout.Aswhenbyunseenhandsthewaterisgraduallydrawnofffromsomemightyfountain,andwithhalf-stifledmelancholygurglingsthespray-columnlowersandlowerstothegroundsothelastlongdyingspoutofthewhale.

           Soon,whilethecrewswereawaitingthearrivaloftheship,thebodyshowedsymptomsofsinkingwithallitstreasuresunrifled.Immediately,byStarbuck’sorders,linesweresecuredtoitatdifferentpoints,sothaterelongeveryboatwasabuoy;thesunkenwhalebeingsuspendedafewinchesbeneaththembythecords.Byveryheedfulmanagement,whentheshipdrewnigh,thewhalewastransferredtoherside,andwasstronglysecuredtherebythestiffestfluke-chains,foritwasplainthatunlessartificiallyupheld,thebodywouldatoncesinktothebottom.

           Itsochancedthatalmostuponfirsthimwiththespade,theentirelengthofacorrodedharpoonwasfoundimbeddedinhisflesh,onthelowerpartofthebunchbeforedescribed.

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