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The Fountain

           Theanatomicalfactofthislabyrinthisindisputable;andthatthesuppositionfoundeduponitisreasonableandtrue,seemsthemorecogenttome,whenIconsidertheotherwiseinexplicableobstinacyofthatleviathaninhavinghisspoutingsout,asthefishermenphraseit.ThisiswhatImean.Ifunmolested,uponrisingtothesurface,theSpermWhalewillcontinuethereforaperiodoftimeexactlyuniformwithallhisotherunmolestedrisings.Sayhestayselevenminutes,andjetsseventytimes,thatis,respiresseventybreaths;thenwheneverherisesagain,hewillbesuretohavehisseventybreathsoveragain,toaminute.Now,ifafterhefetchesafewbreathsyoualarmhim,sothathesounds,hewillbealwaysdodgingupagaintomakegoodhisregularallowanceofair.Andnottillthoseseventybreathsaretold,willhefinallygodowntostayouthisfulltermbelow.Remark,however,thatindifferentindividualstheseratesaredifferent;butinanyonetheyarealike.Now,whyshouldthewhalethusinsistuponhavinghisspoutingsout,unlessitbetoreplenishhisreservoirofair,eredescendingforgood?Howobviousitistoo,thatthisnecessityforthewhale’srisingexposeshimtoallthefatalhazardsofthechase.Andnotbyhookorbynetcouldthisvastleviathanbecaught,whensailingathousandfathomsbeneaththesunlight.

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