Brit

           Steeringnorth-eastwardfromtheCrozetts,wefellinwithvastmeadowsofbrit,theminute,yellowsubstance,uponwhichtheRightWhalelargelyfeeds.Forleaguesandleaguesundulatedroundus,sothatweseemedtobesailingthroughboundlessfieldsofripeandgoldenwheat.

           Onthesecondday,numbersofRightWhaleswereseen,who,securefromtheattackofaSperm-WhalerlikethePequod,withopenjawssluggishlyswamthroughthebrit,which,adheringtothefringingfibresofthatwondrousVenetianblindintheirmouths,wasinthatmannerseparatedfromthewaterthatescapedatthelips.

           Asmorningmowers,whosidebysideslowlyandseethinglyadvancetheirscythesthroughthelongwetgrassofmarshymeads;evensothesemonstersswam,makingastrange,grassy,cuttingsound;andleavingbehindthemendlessswathsofblueupontheyellowsea.

           Butitwasonlythesoundtheymadeastheypartedthebritwhichatallremindedoneofmowers.Seenfromthemast-heads,especiallywhentheypausedandwerestationaryforawhile,theirvastblackformslookedmorelikelifelessmassesofrockthananythingelse.AndasinthegreathuntingcountriesofIndia,thestrangeratadistancewillsometimespassontheplainsrecumbentelephantswithoutknowingthemtobesuch,takingthemforbare,blackenedelevationsofthesoil;evenso,often,withhim,whoforthefirsttimebeholdsthisspeciesoftheleviathansofthesea.

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