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The Pequod Meets The Virgin

           Thelines,ofwhich,hardlyaninstantbefore,notonehand’sbreadthcouldhavebeengained,werenowinlongquickcoilsflungbackalldrippingintotheboats,andsoonthewhalebrokewaterwithintwoship’slengthofthehunters.

           Hismotionsplainlydenotedhisextremeexhaustion.Inmostlandanimalstherearecertainvalvesorflood-gatesinmanyoftheirveins,wherebywhenwounded,thebloodisinsomedegreeatleastinstantlyshutoffincertaindirections.Notsowiththewhale;oneofwhosepeculiaritiesitis,tohaveanentirenon-valvularstructureoftheblood-vessels,sothatwhenpiercedevenbysosmallapointasaharpoon,adeadlydrainisatoncebegunuponhiswholearterialsystem;andwhenthisisheightenedbytheextraordinarypressureofwateratagreatdistancebelowthesurface,hislifemaybesaidtopourfromhiminincessantstreams.Yetsovastisthequantityofbloodinhim,andsodistantandnumerousitsinteriorfountains,thathewillkeepthusbleedingandbleedingforaconsiderableperiod;evenasinadroughtariverwillflow,whosesourceisthewell-springsoffar-offandindiscerniblehills.Evennow,whentheboatspulleduponthiswhale,andperilouslydrewoverhisswayingflukes,andthelancesweredartedintohim,theywerefollowedbysteadyjetsfromthenewmadewound,whichkeptcontinuallyplaying,whilethenaturalspout-holeinhisheadwasonlyatintervals,howeverrapid,sendingitsaffrightedmoistureintotheair.

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