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           TheostensiblereasonwhyAhabdidnotgoonboardofthewhalerwehadspokenwasthis:thewindandseabetokenedstorms.Butevenhadthisnotbeenthecase,hewouldnotafterall,perhaps,haveboardedherjudgingbyhissubsequentconductonsimilaroccasionsifsoithadbeenthat,bytheprocessofhailing,hehadobtainedanegativeanswertothequestionheput.For,asiteventuallyturnedout,hecarednottoconsort,evenforfiveminutes,withanystrangercaptain,excepthecouldcontributesomeofthatinformationhesoabsorbinglysought.Butallthismightremaininadequatelyestimated,werenotsomethingsaidhereofthepeculiarusagesofwhaling-vesselswhenmeetingeachotherinforeignseas,andespeciallyonacommoncruising-ground.

           IftwostrangerscrossingthePineBarrensinNewYorkState,ortheequallydesolateSalisburyPlaininEngland;ifcasuallyencounteringeachotherinsuchinhospitablewilds,thesetwain,forthelifeofthem,cannotwellavoidamutualsalutation;andstoppingforamomenttointerchangethenews;and,perhaps,sittingdownforawhileandrestinginconcert:then,howmuchmorenaturalthatupontheillimitablePineBarrensandSalisburyPlainsofthesea,twowhalingvesselsdescryingeachotherattheendsoftheearthoffloneFanning’sIsland,orthefarawayKing’sMills;howmuchmorenatural,Isay,thatundersuchcircumstancestheseshipsshouldnotonlyinterchangehails,butcomeintostillcloser,morefriendlyandsociablecontact.

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