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The Grand Armada

           Meanwhile,aswethuslayentranced,theoccasionalsuddenfranticspectaclesinthedistanceevincedtheactivityoftheotherboats,stillengagedindruggingthewhalesonthefrontierofthehost;orpossiblycarryingonthewarwithinthefirstcircle,whereabundanceofroomandsomeconvenientretreatswereaffordedthem.Butthesightoftheenrageddruggedwhalesnowandthenblindlydartingtoandfroacrossthecircles,wasnothingtowhatatlastmetoureyes.Itissometimesthecustomwhenfasttoawhalemorethancommonlypowerfulandalert,toseektohamstringhim,asitwere,bysunderingormaiminghisgigantictail-tendon.Itisdonebydartingashort-handledcutting-spade,towhichisattachedaropeforhaulingitbackagain.Awhalewounded(asweafterwardslearned)inthispart,butnoteffectually,asitseemed,hadbrokenawayfromtheboat,carryingalongwithhimhalfoftheharpoonline;andintheextraordinaryagonyofthewound,hewasnowdashingamongtherevolvingcircleslikethelonemounteddesperadoArnold,atthebattleofSaratoga,carryingdismaywhereverhewent.

           Butagonizingaswasthewoundofthiswhale,andanappallingspectacleenough,anyway;yetthepeculiarhorrorwithwhichheseemedtoinspiretherestoftheherd,wasowingtoacausewhichatfirsttheinterveningdistanceobscuredfromus.

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