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The Pequod Meets The Rachel

           "Howwasit?"

           Itseemedthatsomewhatlateontheafternoonofthedayprevious,whilethreeofthestranger’sboatswereengagedwithashoalofwhales,whichhadledthemsomefourorfivemilesfromtheship;andwhiletheywereyetinswiftchasetowindward,thewhitehumpandheadofMobyDickhadsuddenlyloomedupoutofthewater,notveryfartoleeward;whereupon,thefourthriggedboat—areservedone—hadbeeninstantlyloweredinchase.Afterakeensailbeforethewind,thisfourthboat—theswiftestkeeledofall—seemedtohavesucceededinfastening—atleast,aswellasthemanatthemast-headcouldtellanythingaboutit.Inthedistancehesawthediminisheddottedboat;andthenaswiftgleamofbubblingwhitewater;andafterthatnothingmore;whenceitwasconcludedthatthestrickenwhalemusthaveindefinitelyrunawaywithhispursuers,asoftenhappens.Therewassomeapprehension,butnopositivealarm,asyet.Therecallsignalswereplacedintherigging;darknesscameon;andforcedtopickupherthreefartowindwardboats—eregoinginquestofthefourthoneinthepreciselyoppositedirection—theshiphadnotonlybeennecessitatedtoleavethatboattoitsfatetillnearmidnight,but,forthetime,toincreaseherdistancefromit.Buttherestofhercrewbeingatlastsafeaboard,shecrowdedallsail—stunsailonstunsail—afterthemissingboat;kindlingafireinhertry-potsforabeacon;andeveryothermanaloftonthelook-out.

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