Моби Дик

The Grand Armada

           Butfarbeneaththiswondrousworlduponthesurface,anotherandstillstrangerworldmetoureyesaswegazedovertheside.For,suspendedinthosewateryvaults,floatedtheformsofthenursingmothersofthewhales,andthosethatbytheirenormousgirthseemedshortlytobecomemothers.Thelake,asIhavehinted,wastoaconsiderabledepthexceedinglytransparent;andashumaninfantswhilesucklingwillcalmlyandfixedlygazeawayfromthebreast,asifleadingtwodifferentlivesatthetime;andwhileyetdrawingmortalnourishment,bestillspirituallyfeastinguponsomeunearthlyreminiscence;evensodidtheyoungofthesewhalesseemlookinguptowardsus,butnotatus,asifwewerebutabitofGulfweedintheirnew-bornsight.Floatingontheirsides,themothersalsoseemedquietlyeyeingus.Oneoftheselittleinfants,thatfromcertainqueertokensseemedhardlyadayold,mighthavemeasuredsomefourteenfeetinlength,andsomesixfeetingirth.Hewasalittlefrisky;thoughasyethisbodyseemedscarceyetrecoveredfromthatirksomepositionithadsolatelyoccupiedinthematernalreticule;where,tailtohead,andallreadyforthefinalspring,theunbornwhaleliesbentlikeaTartar’sbow.Thedelicateside-fins,andthepalmsofhisflukes,stillfreshlyretainedtheplaitedcrumpledappearanceofababy’searsnewlyarrivedfromforeignparts.

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