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The First Lowering

           Itwasasightfullofquickwonderandawe!Thevastswellsoftheomnipotentsea;thesurging,hollowroartheymade,astheyrolledalongtheeightgunwales,likegiganticbowlsinaboundlessbowling-green;thebriefsuspendedagonyoftheboat,asitwouldtipforaninstantontheknife-likeedgeofthesharperwaves,thatalmostseemedthreateningtocutitintwo;thesuddenprofounddipintothewateryglensandhollows;thekeenspurringsandgoadingstogainthetopoftheoppositehill;theheadlong,sled-likeslidedownitsotherside;allthese,withthecriesoftheheadsmenandharpooneers,andtheshudderinggaspsoftheoarsmen,withthewondroussightoftheivoryPequodbearingdownuponherboatswithoutstretchedsails,likeawildhenafterherscreamingbrood;allthiswasthrilling.Nottherawrecruit,marchingfromthebosomofhiswifeintothefeverheatofhisfirstbattle;notthedeadman’shostencounteringthefirstunknownphantomintheotherworld;neitherofthesecanfeelstrangerandstrongeremotionsthanthatmandoes,whoforthefirsttimefindshimselfpullingintothecharmed,churnedcircleofthehuntedspermwhale.

           Thedancingwhitewatermadebythechasewasnowbecomingmoreandmorevisible,owingtotheincreasingdarknessoftheduncloud-shadowsflunguponthesea.Thejetsofvapornolongerblended,buttiltedeverywheretorightandleft;thewhalesseemedseparatingtheirwakes.Theboatswerepulledmoreapart;Starbuckgivingchasetothreewhalesrunningdeadtoleeward.

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