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The Grand Armada

           CrowdingallsailthePequodpressedafterthem;theharpooneershandlingtheirweapons,andloudlycheeringfromtheheadsoftheiryetsuspendedboats.Ifthewindonlyheld,littledoubthadthey,thatchasedthroughtheseStraitsofSunda,thevasthostwouldonlydeployintotheOrientalseastowitnessthecaptureofnotafewoftheirnumber.Andwhocouldtellwhether,inthatcongregatedcaravan,MobyDickhimselfmightnottemporarilybeswimming,liketheworshippedwhite-elephantinthecoronationprocessionoftheSiamese!Sowithstun-sailpiledonstun-sail,wesailedalong,drivingtheseleviathansbeforeus;when,ofasudden,thevoiceofTashtegowasheard,loudlydirectingattentiontosomethinginourwake.

           Correspondingtothecrescentinourvan,webeheldanotherintherear.Itseemedformedofdetachedwhitevapors,risingandfallingsomethinglikethespoutsofthewhales;onlytheydidnotsocompletelycomeandgo;fortheyconstantlyhovered,withoutfinallydisappearing.Levellinghisglassatthissight,Ahabquicklyrevolvedinhispivot-hole,crying,"Aloftthere,andrigwhipsandbucketstowetthesail;Malays,sir,andafterus!"

           Asiftoolonglurkingbehindtheheadlands,tillthePequodshouldfairlyhaveenteredthestraits,theserascallyAsiaticswerenowinhotpursuit,tomakeupfortheirover-cautiousdelay.

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