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Chapter 6. At Full Steam

           Theforecastlegunwasimmediatelyloadedandslewedround.Buttheshotpassedsomefeetabovethecetacean,whichwashalfamileoff.

           "Another,moretotheright,"criedthecommander,"andfivedollarstowhoeverwillhitthatinfernalbeast."

           AnoldgunnerwithagreybeardthatIcanseenowwithsteadyeyeandgraveface,wentuptothegunandtookalongaim.Aloudreportwasheard,withwhichweremingledthecheersofthecrew.

           Thebulletdiditswork;ithittheanimal,and,slidingofftheroundedsurface,waslostintwomilesdepthofsea.

           Thechasebeganagain,andthecaptain,leaningtowardsme,said:

           "Iwillpursuethatbeasttillmyfrigateburstsup."

           "Yes,"answeredI;"andyouwillbequiterighttodoit."

           Iwishedthebeastwouldexhaustitself,andnotbeinsensibletofatiguelikeasteamengine.Butitwasofnouse.Hourspassed,withoutitsshowinganysignsofexhaustion.

           However,itmustbesaidinpraiseoftheAbrahamLincolnthatshestruggledonindefatigably.Icannotreckonthedistanceshemadeunderthreehundredmilesduringthisunluckyday,Novemberthe6th.Butnightcameon,andovershadowedtheroughocean.

           NowIthoughtourexpeditionwasatanend,andthatweshouldneveragainseetheextraordinaryanimal.Iwasmistaken.Attenminutestoelevenintheevening,theelectriclightreappearedthreemilestowindwardofthefrigate,aspure,asintenseasduringtheprecedingnight.

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