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The Pequod Meets The Virgin

           Invainhandspikesandcrowswerebroughttobearupontheimmovablefluke-chains,toprythemadriftfromthetimberheads;andsolowhadthewhalenowsettledthatthesubmergedendscouldnotbeatallapproached,whileeverymomentwholetonsofponderosityseemedaddedtothesinkingbulk,andtheshipseemedonthepointofgoingover.

           "Holdon,holdon,won’tye?"criedStubbtothebody,"don’tbeinsuchadevilofahurrytosink!Bythunder,men,wemustdosomethingorgoforit.Nousepryingthere;avast,Isaywithyourhandspikes,andrunoneofyeforaprayerbookandapen-knife,andcutthebigchains."

           "Knife?Aye,aye,"criedQueequeg,andseizingthecarpenter’sheavyhatchet,heleanedoutofaporthole,andsteeltoiron,beganslashingatthelargestfluke-chains.Butafewstrokes,fullofsparks,weregiven,whentheexceedingstraineffectedtherest.Withaterrificsnap,everyfasteningwentadrift;theshiprighted,thecarcasesank.

           Now,thisoccasionalinevitablesinkingoftherecentlykilledSpermWhaleisaverycuriousthing;norhasanyfishermanyetadequatelyaccountedforit.UsuallythedeadSpermWhalefloatswithgreatbuoyancy,withitssideorbellyconsiderablyelevatedabovethesurface.

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