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           Now,toanyonenotfullyacquaintedwiththewaysoftheleviathans,itmightseemanabsurdlyhopelesstaskthustoseekoutonesolitarycreatureintheunhoopedoceansofthisplanet.ButnotsodiditseemtoAhab,whoknewthesetsofalltidesandcurrents;andtherebycalculatingthedriftingsofthespermwhale’sfood;and,alsocallingtomindtheregular,ascertainedseasonsforhuntinghiminparticularlatitudes;couldarriveatreasonablesurmises,almostapproachingtocertainties,concerningthetimeliestdaytobeuponthisorthatgroundinsearchofhisprey.

           Soassured,indeed,isthefactconcerningtheperiodicalnessofthespermwhale’sresortingtogivenwaters,thatmanyhuntersbelievethat,couldhebecloselyobservedandstudiedthroughouttheworld;werethelogsforonevoyageoftheentirewhalefleetcarefullycollated,thenthemigrationsofthespermwhalewouldbefoundtocorrespondininvariabilitytothoseoftheherring-shoalsortheflightsofswallows.Onthishint,attemptshavebeenmadetoconstructelaboratemigratorychartsofthespermwhale.

           Besides,whenmakingapassagefromonefeeding-groundtoanother,thespermwhales,guidedbysomeinfallibleinstinctsay,rather,secretintelligencefromtheDeitymostlyswiminveins,astheyarecalled;continuingtheirwayalongagivenocean-linewithsuchundeviatingexactitude,thatnoshipeversailedhercourse,byanychart,withonetitheofsuchmarvellousprecision.

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