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The Grand Armada

           Keepingatthecentreofthelake,wewereoccasionallyvisitedbysmalltamecowsandcalves;thewomenandchildrenofthisroutedhost.

           Now,inclusiveoftheoccasionalwideintervalsbetweentherevolvingoutercircles,andinclusiveofthespacesbetweenthevariouspodsinanyoneofthosecircles,theentireareaatthisjuncture,embracedbythewholemultitude,musthavecontainedatleasttwoorthreesquaremiles.Atanyratethoughindeedsuchatestatsuchatimemightbedeceptivespoutingsmightbediscoveredfromourlowboatthatseemedplayingupalmostfromtherimofthehorizon.Imentionthiscircumstance,because,asifthecowsandcalveshadbeenpurposelylockedupinthisinnermostfold;andasifthewideextentoftheherdhadhithertopreventedthemfromlearningtheprecisecauseofitsstopping;or,possibly,beingsoyoung,unsophisticated,andeverywayinnocentandinexperienced;howeveritmayhavebeen,thesesmallerwhalesnowandthenvisitingourbecalmedboatfromthemarginofthelakeevincedawondrousfearlessnessandconfidence,orelseastillbecharmedpanicwhichitwasimpossiblenottomarvelat.Likehouseholddogstheycamesnuffingroundus,rightuptoourgunwales,andtouchingthem;tillitalmostseemedthatsomespellhadsuddenlydomesticatedthem.Queequegpattedtheirforeheads;Starbuckscratchedtheirbackswithhislance;butfearfuloftheconsequences,forthetimerefrainedfromdartingit.

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