The Gilder

           PenetratingfurtherandfurtherintotheheartoftheJapanesecruisinggroundthePequodwassoonallastirinthefishery.Often,inmild,pleasantweather,fortwelve,fifteen,eighteen,andtwentyhoursonthestretch,theywereengagedintheboats,steadilypulling,orsailing,orpaddlingafterthewhales,orforaninterludeofsixtyorseventyminutescalmlyawaitingtheiruprising;thoughwithbutsmallsuccessfortheirpains.

           Atsuchtimes,underanabatedsun;afloatalldayuponsmooth,slowheavingswells;seatedinhisboat,lightasabirchcanoe;andsosociablymixingwiththesoftwavesthemselves,thatlikehearth-stonecatstheypurragainstthegunwale;thesearethetimesofdreamyquietude,whenbeholdingthetranquilbeautyandbrilliancyoftheocean’sskin,oneforgetsthetigerheartthatpantsbeneathit;andwouldnotwillinglyremember,thatthisvelvetpawbutconcealsaremorselessfang.

           Thesearethetimes,wheninhiswhale-boattheroversoftlyfeelsacertainfilial,confident,land-likefeelingtowardsthesea;thatheregardsitassomuchfloweryearth;andthedistantshiprevealingonlythetopsofhermasts,seemsstrugglingforward,notthroughhighrollingwaves,butthroughthetallgrassofarollingprairie:aswhenthewesternemigrants’horsesonlyshowtheirerectedears,whiletheirhiddenbodieswidelywadethroughtheamazingverdure.

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