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The Grand Armada

           Butstilldrivingoninthewakeofthewhales,atlengththeyseemedabatingtheirspeed;graduallytheshipnearedthem;andthewindnowdyingaway,wordwaspassedtospringtotheboats.Butnosoonerdidtheherd,bysomepresumedwonderfulinstinctoftheSpermWhale,becomenotifiedofthethreekeelsthatwereafterthemthoughasyetamileintheirrearthantheyralliedagain,andformingincloseranksandbattalions,sothattheirspoutsalllookedlikeflashinglinesofstackedbayonets,movedonwithredoubledvelocity.

           Strippedtoourshirtsanddrawers,wesprangtothewhite-ash,andafterseveralhours’pullingwerealmostdisposedtorenouncethechase,whenageneralpausingcommotionamongthewhalesgaveanimatingtokensthattheywerenowatlastundertheinfluenceofthatstrangeperplexityofinertirresolution,which,whenthefishermenperceiveitinthewhale,theysayheisgallied.Thecompactmartialcolumnsinwhichtheyhadbeenhithertorapidlyandsteadilyswimming,werenowbrokenupinonemeasurelessrout;andlikeKingPorus’elephantsintheIndianbattlewithAlexander,theyseemedgoingmadwithconsternation.Inalldirectionsexpandinginvastirregularcircles,andaimlesslyswimminghitherandthither,bytheirshortthickspoutings,theyplainlybetrayedtheirdistractionofpanic.Thiswasstillmorestrangelyevincedbythoseoftheirnumber,who,completelyparalysedasitwere,helplesslyfloatedlikewater-loggeddismantledshipsonthesea.

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