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The Tail

           Onmoreaccountsthanone,apityitisthatthewhaledoesnotpossessthisprehensilevirtueinhistail;forIhaveheardofyetanotherelephant,thatwhenwoundedinthefight,curvedroundhistrunkandextractedthedart.

           Fourth:Stealingunawaresuponthewhaleinthefanciedsecurityofthemiddleofsolitaryseas,youfindhimunbentfromthevastcorpulenceofhisdignity,andkitten-like,heplaysontheoceanasifitwereahearth.Butstillyouseehispowerinhisplay.Thebroadpalmsofhistailareflirtedhighintotheair!thensmitingthesurface,thethunderousconcussionresoundsformiles.Youwouldalmostthinkagreatgunhadbeendischarged;andifyounoticedthelightwreathofvaporfromthespiracleathisotherextremity,youwouldthinkthatthatwasthesmokefromthetouch-hole.

           Fifth:Asintheordinaryfloatingpostureoftheleviathantheflukesliesconsiderablybelowthelevelofhisback,theyarethencompletelyoutofsightbeneaththesurface;butwhenheisabouttoplungeintothedeeps,hisentireflukeswithatleastthirtyfeetofhisbodyaretossederectintheair,andsoremainvibratingamoment,tilltheydownwardsshootoutofview.Exceptingthesublimebreachsomewhereelsetobedescribedthispeakingofthewhale’sflukesisperhapsthegrandestsighttobeseeninallanimatednature.Outofthebottomlessprofunditiesthegigantictailseemsspasmodicallysnatchingatthehighestheaven.Soindreams,haveIseenmajesticSatanthrustingforthhistormentedcolossalclawfromtheflameBalticofHell.

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