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The Albatross

           "Shipahoy!HaveyeseentheWhiteWhale?"

           Butasthestrangecaptain,leaningoverthepallidbulwarks,wasintheactofputtinghistrumpettohismouth,itsomehowfellfromhishandintothesea;andthewindnowrisingamain,heinvainstrovetomakehimselfheardwithoutit.Meantimehisshipwasstillincreasingthedistancebetweenus.WhileinvarioussilentwaystheseamenofthePequodwereevincingtheirobservanceofthisominousincidentatthefirstmerementionoftheWhiteWhale’snametoanothership,Ahabforamomentpaused;italmostseemedasthoughhewouldhaveloweredaboattoboardthestranger,hadnotthethreateningwindforbade.Buttakingadvantageofhiswindwardposition,heagainseizedhistrumpet,andknowingbyheraspectthatthestrangervesselwasaNantucketerandshortlyboundhome,heloudlyhailed"Ahoythere!ThisisthePequod,boundroundtheworld!TellthemtoaddressallfutureletterstothePacificocean!andthistimethreeyears,ifIamnotathome,tellthemtoaddressthemto-"

           Atthatmomentthetwowakeswerefairlycrossed,andinstantly,then,inaccordancewiththeirsingularways,shoalsofsmallharmlessfish,thatforsomedaysbeforehadbeenplacidlyswimmingbyourside,dartedawaywithwhatseemedshudderingfins,andrangedthemselvesforeandaftwiththestranger’sflanks.ThoughinthecourseofhiscontinualvoyagingsAhabmustoftenbeforehavenoticedasimilarsight,yet,toanymonomaniacman,theveriesttriflescapriciouslycarrymeanings

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