The Shark Massacre

           WhenintheSouthernFisheryacapturedSpermWhale,afterlongandwearytoil,isbroughtalongsidelateatnight,itisnot,asageneralthingatleast,customarytoproceedatoncetothebusinessofcuttinghimin.Forthatbusinessisanexceedinglylaboriousone;isnotverysooncompleted;andrequiresallhandstosetaboutit.Therefore,thecommonusageistotakeinallsail;lashthehelma’lee;andthensendeveryonebelowtohishammocktilldaylight,withthereservationthat,untilthattime,anchor-watchesshallbekept;thatis,twoandtwoforanhour,eachcouple,thecrewinrotationshallmountthedecktoseethatallgoeswell.

           Butsometimes,especiallyupontheLineinthePacific,thisplanwillnotansweratall;becausesuchincalculablehostsofsharksgatherroundthemooredcarcase,thatwereheleftsoforsixhours,say,onastretch,littlemorethantheskeletonwouldbevisiblebymorning.Inmostotherpartsoftheocean,however,wherethesefishdonotsolargelyabound,theirwondrousvoracitycanbeattimesconsiderablydiminished,byvigorouslystirringthemupwithsharpwhaling-spades,aprocedurenotwithstanding,which,insomeinstances,onlyseemstoticklethemintostillgreateractivity.ButitwasnotthusinthepresentcasewiththePequod’ssharks;though,tobesure,anymanunaccustomedtosuchsights,tohavelookedoverhersidethatnight,wouldhavealmostthoughtthewholeroundseawasonehugecheese,andthosesharksthemaggotsinit

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