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The Shark Massacre

           Nevertheless,uponStubbsettingtheanchor-watchafterhissupperwasconcluded;andwhen,accordinglyQueequegandaforecastleseamancameondeck,nosmallexcitementwascreatedamongthesharks;forimmediatelysuspendingthecuttingstagesovertheside,andloweringthreelanterns,sothattheycastlonggleamsoflightovertheturbidsea,thesetwomariners,dartingtheirlongwhaling-spades,keptupanincessantmurderingofthesharks,bystrikingthekeensteeldeepintotheirskulls,seeminglytheironlyvitalpart.Butinthefoamyconfusionoftheirmixedandstrugglinghosts,themarksmencouldnotalwayshittheirmark;andthisbroughtaboutnewrevelationsoftheincredibleferocityofthefoe.Theyviciouslysnapped,notonlyateachother’sdisembowelments,butlikeflexiblebows,bentround,andbittheirown;tillthoseentrailsseemedswallowedoverandoveragainbythesamemouth,tobeoppositelyvoidedbythegapingwound.Norwasthisall.Itwasunsafetomeddlewiththecorpsesandghostsofthesecreatures.AsortofgenericorPantheisticvitalityseemedtolurkintheirveryjointsandbones,afterwhatmightbecalledtheindividuallifehaddeparted.Killedandhoistedondeckforthesakeofhisskin,oneofthesesharksalmosttookpoorQueequeg’shandoff,whenhetriedtoshutdownthedeadlidofhismurderousjaw.

           "Queequegnocarewhatgodmadehimshark,"saidthesavage,agonizinglyliftinghishandupanddown;"wedderFejeegodorNantucketgod;butdegodwatmadesharkmustbeonedamIngin."

           

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