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The Affidavit

           Beingreturnedhomeatlast,CaptainPollardoncemoresailedforthePacificincommandofanothership,butthegodsshipwreckedhimagainuponunknownrocksandbreakers;forthesecondtimehisshipwasutterlylost,andforthwithforswearingthesea,hehasneverattempteditsince.AtthisdayCaptainPollardisaresidentofNantucket.IhaveseenOwenChace,whowaschiefmateoftheEssexatthetimeofthetragedy;Ihavereadhisplainandfaithfulnarrative;Ihaveconversedwithhisson;andallthiswithinafewmilesofthesceneofthecatastrophe.

           Herearehisreflectionssometimeafterquittingtheship,duringablacknightanopenboat,whenalmostdespairingofreachinganyhospitableshore."Thedarkoceanandswellingwaterswerenothing;thefearsofbeingswallowedupbysomedreadfultempest,ordasheduponhiddenrocks,withalltheotherordinarysubjectsoffearfulcontemplation,seemedscarcelyentitledtoamoment’sthought;thedismallookingwreck,andthehorridaspectandrevengeofthewhale,whollyengrossedmyreflections,untildayagainmadeitsappearance."

           Inanotherplacep.45hespeaksof"themysteriousandmortalattackoftheanimal."

           Secondly:TheshipUnion,alsoofNantucket,wasintheyear1807totallylostofftheAzoresbyasimilaronset,buttheauthenticparticularsofthiscatastropheIhaveneverchancedtoencounter,thoughfromthewhalehuntersIhavenowandthenheardcasualallusionstoit.

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