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The Pequod Meets The Rachel

           "Howwasit?"

           Itseemedthatsomewhatlateontheafternoonofthedayprevious,whilethreeofthestranger’sboatswereengagedwithashoalofwhales,whichhadledthemsomefourorfivemilesfromtheship;andwhiletheywereyetinswiftchasetowindward,thewhitehumpandheadofMobyDickhadsuddenlyloomedupoutofthewater,notveryfartoleeward;whereupon,thefourthriggedboatareservedonehadbeeninstantlyloweredinchase.Afterakeensailbeforethewind,thisfourthboattheswiftestkeeledofallseemedtohavesucceededinfasteningatleast,aswellasthemanatthemast-headcouldtellanythingaboutit.Inthedistancehesawthediminisheddottedboat;andthenaswiftgleamofbubblingwhitewater;andafterthatnothingmore;whenceitwasconcludedthatthestrickenwhalemusthaveindefinitelyrunawaywithhispursuers,asoftenhappens.Therewassomeapprehension,butnopositivealarm,asyet.Therecallsignalswereplacedintherigging;darknesscameon;andforcedtopickupherthreefartowindwardboatseregoinginquestofthefourthoneinthepreciselyoppositedirectiontheshiphadnotonlybeennecessitatedtoleavethatboattoitsfatetillnearmidnight,but,forthetime,toincreaseherdistancefromit.Buttherestofhercrewbeingatlastsafeaboard,shecrowdedallsailstunsailonstunsailafterthemissingboat;kindlingafireinhertry-potsforabeacon;andeveryothermanaloftonthelook-out.

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