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The Affidavit

           CaptainDavis,wholaywithhisheadonagun,wasthrownoutofhiscabin!"Lionelthengoesontoimputetheshocktoanearthquake,andseemstosubstantiatetheimputationbystatingthatagreatearthquake,somewhereaboutthattime,didactuallydogreatmischiefalongtheSpanishland.ButIshouldnotmuchwonderif,inthedarknessofthatearlyhourofthemorning,theshockwasafterallcausedbyanunseenwhaleverticallybumpingthehullfrombeneath.

           Imightproceedwithseveralmoreexamples,onewayoranotherknowntome,ofthegreatpowerandmaliceattimesofthespermwhale.Inmorethanoneinstance,hehasbeenknown,notonlytochasetheassailingboatsbacktotheirships,buttopursuetheshipitself,andlongwithstandallthelanceshurledathimfromitsdecks.TheEnglishshipPusieHallcantellastoryonthathead;and,asforhisstrength,letmesay,thattherehavebeenexampleswherethelinesattachedtoarunningspermwhalehave,inacalm,beentransferredtotheship,andsecuredthere!thewhaletowinghergreathullthroughthewater,asahorsewalksoffwithacart.Again,itisveryoftenobservedthat,ifthespermwhale,oncestruck,isallowedtimetorally,hethenacts,notsooftenwithblindrage,aswithwilful,deliberatedesignsofdestructiontohispursuers;norisitwithoutconveyingsomeeloquentindicationofhischaracter,thatuponbeingattackedhewillfrequentlyopenhismouth,andretainitinthatdreadexpansionforseveralconsecutiveminutes.

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