Моби Дик

Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes

           Theotherengravingisquiteadifferentaffair:theshiphove-toupontheopensea,andintheveryheartoftheLeviathaniclife,withaRightWhalealongside;thevessel(intheactofcutting-in)hoveovertothemonsterasiftoaquay;andaboat,hurriedlypushingofffromthissceneofactivity,isaboutgivingchasetowhalesinthedistance.Theharpoonsandlanceslielevelledforuse;threeoarsmenarejustsettingthemastinitshole;whilefromasuddenrolloftheship,thelittlecraftstandshalf-erectoutofthewater,likearearinghorse.Fromthatship,thesmokeofthetormentsoftheboilingwhaleisgoinguplikethesmokeoveravillageofsmithies;andtowindward,ablackcloud,risingupwithearnestofsquallsandrains,seemstoquickentheactivityoftheexcitedseamen.

           

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