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Chapter 5. At Random!

           ItwasthenthebadseasoninAustralia,theJulyofthatzonecorrespondingtoourJanuaryinEurope,buttheseawasbeautifulandeasilyscannedroundavastcircumference.

           The20thofJuly,thetropicofCapricornwascutby105doflongitude,andthe27thofthesamemonthwecrossedtheEquatoronthe110thmeridian.Thispassed,thefrigatetookamoredecidedwesterlydirection,andscouredthecentralwatersofthePacific.CommanderFarragutthought,andwithreason,thatitwasbettertoremainindeepwater,andkeepclearofcontinentsorislands,whichthebeastitselfseemedtoshun(perhapsbecausetherewasnotenoughwaterforhim!suggestedthegreaterpartofthecrew).ThefrigatepassedatsomedistancefromtheMarquesasandtheSandwichIslands,crossedthetropicofCancer,andmadefortheChinaSeas.Wewereonthetheatreofthelastdiversionsofthemonster:and,tosaytruth,wenolongerlivedonboard.Theentireship’screwwereundergoinganervousexcitement,ofwhichIcangivenoidea:theycouldnoteat,theycouldnotsleeptwentytimesaday,amisconceptionoranopticalillusionofsomesailorseatedonthetaffrail,wouldcausedreadfulperspirations,andtheseemotions,twentytimesrepeated,keptusinastateofexcitementsoviolentthatareactionwasunavoidable.

           Andtruly,reactionsoonshoweditself.Forthreemonths,duringwhichadayseemedanage,theAbrahamLincolnfurrowedallthewatersoftheNorthernPacific,runningatwhales,makingsharpdeviationsfromhercourse,veeringsuddenlyfromonetacktoanother,stoppingsuddenly,puttingonsteam,andbackingeverandanonattheriskofderanginghermachinery,andnotonepointoftheJapaneseorAmericancoastwasleftunexplored.

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