Pitchpoling

           Tomakethemruneasilyandswiftly,theaxlesofcarriagesareanointed;andformuchthesamepurpose,somewhalersperformananalogousoperationupontheirboat;theygreasethebottom.Norisittobedoubtedthatassuchaprocedurecandonoharm,itmaypossiblybeofnocontemptibleadvantage;consideringthatoilandwaterarehostile;thatoilisaslidingthing,andthattheobjectinviewistomaketheboatslidebravely.Queequegbelievedstronglyinanointinghisboat,andonemorningnotlongaftertheGermanshipJungfraudisappeared,tookmorethancustomarypainsinthatoccupation;crawlingunderitsbottom,whereithungovertheside,andrubbingintheunctuousnessasthoughdiligentlyseekingtoinsureacropofhairfromthecraft’sbaldkeel.Heseemedtobeworkinginobediencetosomeparticularpresentiment.Nordiditremainunwarrantedbytheevent.

           Towardsnoonwhaleswereraised;butsosoonastheshipsaileddowntothem,theyturnedandfledwithswiftprecipitancy;adisorderedflight,asofCleopatra’sbargesfromActium.

           Nevertheless,theboatspursued,andStubb’swasforemost.Bygreatexertion,Tashtegoatlastsucceededinplantingoneiron;butthestrickenwhale,withoutatallsounding,stillcontinuedhishorizontalflight,withaddedfleetness.Suchunintermittedstrainingsupontheplantedironmustsoonerorlaterinevitablyextractit.Itbecameimperativetolancetheflyingwhale,orbecontenttolosehim.Buttohaultheboatuptohisflankwasimpossible,heswamsofastandfurious.

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