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The Spirit-Spout

           CapeofGoodHope,dotheycallye?RatherCapeTormentoto,ascalledofyore;forlongalluredbytheperfidioussilencesthatbeforehadattendedus,wefoundourselveslaunchedintothistormentedsea,whereguiltybeingstransformedintothosefowlsandthesefish,seemedcondemnedtoswimoneverlastinglywithoutanyhaveninstore,orbeatthatblackairwithoutanyhorizon.Butcalm,snow-white,andunvarying;stilldirectingitsfountainoffeatherstothesky;stillbeckoningusonfrombefore,thesolitaryjetwouldattimesbedescried.

           Duringallthisblacknessoftheelements,Ahab,thoughassumingforthetimethealmostcontinualcommandofthedrenchedanddangerousdeck,manifestedthegloomiestreserve;andmoreseldomthaneveraddressedhismates.Intempestuoustimeslikethese,aftereverythingaboveandalofthasbeensecured,nothingmorecanbedonebutpassivelytoawaittheissueofthegale.ThenCaptainandcrewbecomepracticalfatalists.So,withhisivoryleginsertedintoitsaccustomedhole,andwithonehandfirmlygraspingashroud,Ahabforhoursandhourswouldstandgazingdeadtowindward,whileanoccasionalsquallofsleetorsnowwouldallbutcongealhisveryeyelashestogether.Meantime,thecrewdrivenfromtheforwardpartoftheshipbytheperilousseasthatburstinglybrokeoveritsbows,stoodinalinealongthebulwarksinthewaist;andthebettertoguardagainsttheleapingwaves,eachmanhadslippedhimselfintoasortofbowlinesecuredtotherail,inwhichheswungasinaloosenedbelt

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