The Albatross

           South-eastwardfromtheCape,offthedistantCrozetts,agoodcruisinggroundforRightWhalemen,asailloomedahead,theGoney(Albatross)byname.Assheslowlydrewnigh,frommyloftyperchatthefore-mast-head,Ihadagoodviewofthatsightsoremarkabletoatyrointhefaroceanfisheriesawhaleratsea,andlongabsentfromhome.

           Asifthewaveshadbeenfullers,thiscraftwasbleachedliketheskeletonofastrandedwalrus.Alldownhersides,thisspectralappearancewastracedwithlongchannelsofreddenedrust,whileallhersparsandherriggingwerelikethethickbranchesoftreesfurredoverwithhoar-frost.Onlyherlowersailswereset.Awildsightitwastoseeherlong-beardedlook-outsatthosethreemast-heads.Theyseemedcladintheskinsofbeasts,sotornandbepatchedtheraimentthathadsurvivednearlyfouryearsofcruising.Standinginironhoopsnailedtothemast,theyswayedandswungoverafathomlesssea;andthough,whentheshipslowlyglidedcloseunderourstern,wesixmenintheaircamesonightoeachotherthatwemightalmosthaveleapedfromthemast-headsofoneshiptothoseoftheother;yet,thoseforlorn-lookingfishermen,mildlyeyeingusastheypassed,saidnotonewordtoourownlook-outs,whilethequarter-deckhailwasbeingheardfrombelow.

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