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The First Lowering

           Allatoncetheoutstretchedarmgaveapeculiarmotionandthenremainedfixed,whiletheboat’sfiveoarswereseensimultaneouslypeaked.Boatandcrewsatmotionlessonthesea.Instantlythethreespreadboatsintherearpausedontheirway.Thewhaleshadirregularlysettledbodilydownintotheblue,thusgivingnodistantlydiscernibletokenofthemovement,thoughfromhiscloservicinityAhabhadobservedit.

           "Everymanlookoutalonghisoars!"criedStarbuck."Thou,Queequeg,standup!"

           Nimblyspringinguponthetriangularraisedboxinthebow,thesavagestooderectthere,andwithintenselyeagereyesgazedofftowardsthespotwherethechasehadlastbeendescried.Likewiseupontheextremesternoftheboatwhereitwasalsotriangularlyplatformedlevelwiththegunwale,Starbuckhimselfwasseencoollyandadroitlybalancinghimselftothejerkingtossingsofhischipofacraft,andsilentlyeyeingthevastblueeyeofthesea.

           NotveryfardistantFlask’sboatwasalsolyingbreathlesslystill;itscommanderrecklesslystandinguponthetopoftheloggerhead,astoutsortofpostrootedinthekeel,andrisingsometwofeetabovethelevelofthesternplatform.Itisusedforcatchingturnswiththewhaleline.Itstopisnotmorespaciousthanthepalmofaman’shand,andstandinguponsuchabaseasthat,Flaskseemedperchedatthemast-headofsomeshipwhichhadsunktoallbuthertrucks.

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