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Cistern and Buckets

           "Swingthebucketthisway!"andputtingonefootintoit,soasthebettertosecurehisslipperyhand-holdonthewhipitselfthehoistersranhimhighuptothetopofthehead,almostbeforeTashtegocouldhavereacheditsinteriorbottom.Meantime,therewasaterribletumult.Lookingovertheside,theysawthebeforelifelessheadthrobbingandheavingjustbelowthesurfaceofthesea,asifthatmomentseizedwithsomemomentousidea;whereasitwasonlythepoorIndianunconsciouslyrevealingbythosestrugglestheperilousdepthtowhichhehadsunk.

           Atthisinstant,whileDaggoo,onthesummitofthehead,wasclearingthewhipwhichhadsomehowgotfoulofthegreatcuttingtacklesasharpcrackingnoisewasheard;andtotheunspeakablehorrorofall,oneofthetwoenormoushookssuspendingtheheadtoreout,andwithavastvibrationtheenormousmasssidewaysswung,tillthedrunkshipreeledandshookasifsmittenbyaniceberg.Theoneremaininghook,uponwhichtheentirestrainnowdepended,seemedeveryinstanttobeonthepointofgivingway;aneventstillmorelikelyfromtheviolentmotionsofthehead.

           "Comedown,comedown!"yelledtheseamentoDaggoo,butwithonehandholdingontotheheavytackles,sothatiftheheadshoulddrop,hewouldstillremainsuspended;thenegrohavingclearedthefoulline,rammeddownthebucketintothenowcollapsedwell,meaningthattheburiedharpooneershouldgraspit,andsobehoistedout.

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