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The First Lowering

           So,cuttingthelashingofthewaterproofmatchkeg,aftermanyfailuresStarbuckcontrivedtoignitethelampinthelantern;thenstretchingitonawaifpole,handedittoQueequegasthestandard-bearerofthisforlornhope.There,then,hesat,holdingupthatimbecilecandleintheheartofthatalmightyforlornness.There,then,hesat,thesignandsymbolofamanwithoutfaith,hopelesslyholdinguphopeinthemidstofdespair.

           Wet,drenchedthrough,andshiveringcold,despairingofshiporboat,weliftedupoureyesasthedawncameon.Themiststillspreadoverthesea,theemptylanternlaycrushedinthebottomoftheboat.SuddenlyQueequegstartedtohisfeet,hollowinghishandtohisear.Weallheardafaintcreaking,asofropesandyardshithertomuffledbythestorm.Thesoundcamenearerandnearer;thethickmistsweredimlypartedbyahuge,vagueform.Affrighted,weallsprangintotheseaastheshipatlastloomedintoview,bearingrightdownuponuswithinadistanceofnotmuchmorethanitslength.

           Floatingonthewaveswesawtheabandonedboat,asforoneinstantittossedandgapedbeneaththeship’sbowslikeachipatthebaseofacataract;andthenthevasthullrolledoverit,anditwasseennomoretillitcameupwelteringastern.Againweswamforit,weredashedagainstitbytheseas,andwereatlasttakenupandsafelylandedonboard.Erethesquallcamecloseto,theotherboatshadcutloosefromtheirfishandreturnedtotheshipingoodtime

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