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A Whale in Sight

           However,thedogalwaysshowedthesameanimosityagainsttheheadcook,and,doubtless,wouldhavebroughtuponitselfsomemisfortune,ifithadnotbeen,foronething,"adogtodefenditself,"andforanother,protectedbythesympathyofthewholecrew.

           SoNegoroavoidedcomingintoDingo’spresencemorethanever.ButDickSandhadobservedthatsincetheincidentofthetwoletters,thereciprocalantipathybetweenthemanandthedogwasincreased.Thatwastrulyinexplicable.

           OnFebruary10th,thewindfromthenortheast,which,tillthen,hadalwayssucceededthoselongandoverwhelmingcalms,duringwhichthe"Pilgrim"wasstationary,begantoabateperceptibly.CaptainHullthencouldhopethatachangeinthedirectionoftheatmosphericcurrentswasgoingtotakeplace.Perhapstheschoonerwouldfinallysailwiththewind.ItwasstillonlynineteendayssinceherdeparturefromtheportofAuckland.Thedelaywasnotyetofmuchaccount,and,withafavorablewind,the"Pilgrim,"wellrigged,wouldeasilymakeupforlosttime.Butseveraldaysmuststillelapsebeforethebreezeswouldblowrightfromthewest.

           ThispartofthePacificwasalwaysdeserted.Novesselshoweditselfintheseparts.Itwasalatitudetrulyforsakenbynavigators.Thewhalersofthesouthernseaswerenotyetpreparedtogobeyondthetropic.Onthe"Pilgrim,"whichpeculiarcircumstanceshadobligedtoleavethefishinggroundsbeforetheendoftheseason,theymustnotexpecttocrossanyshipboundforthesamedestination.

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