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Stubb Kills a Whale

           WholeAtlanticsandPacificsseemedpassedastheyshotontheirway,tillatlengththewhalesomewhatslackenedhisflight.

           "Haulinhaulin!"criedStubbtothebowsman!and,facingroundtowardsthewhale,allhandsbeganpullingtheboatuptohim,whileyettheboatwasbeingtowedon.Soonrangingupbyhisflank,Stubb,firmlyplantinghiskneeintheclumsycleat,darteddartafterdartintotheflyingfish;atthewordofcommand,theboatalternatelysterningoutofthewayofthewhale’shorriblewallow,andthenrangingupforanotherfling.

           Theredtidenowpouredfromallsidesofthemonsterlikebrooksdownahill.Histormentedbodyrollednotinbrinebutinblood,whichbubbledandseethedforfurlongsbehindintheirwake.Theslantingsunplayingupontheircrimsonpondinthesea,sentbackitsreflectionintoeveryface,sothattheyallglowedtoeachotherlikeredmen.Andallthewhile,jetafterjetofwhitesmokewasagonizinglyshotfromthespiracleofthewhale,andvehementpuffafterpufffromthemouthoftheexcitedheadsman;asateverydart,haulinginuponhiscrookedlance(bythelineattachedtoit),Stubbstraighteneditagainandagain,byafewrapidblowsagainstthegunwale,thenagainandagainsentitintothewhale.

           "Pulluppullup!"henowcriedtothebowsman,asthewaningwhalerelaxedinhiswrath."Pullup!closeto!"andtheboatrangedalongthefish’sflank

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