Моби Дик

Squid

           Bare-headedinthesultrysun,Ahabstoodonthebowsprit,andwithonehandpushedfarbehindinreadinesstowavehisorderstothehelmsman,casthiseagerglanceinthedirectionindicatedaloftbytheoutstretchedmotionlessarmofDaggoo.

           WhethertheflittingattendanceoftheonestillandsolitaryjethadgraduallyworkeduponAhab,sothathewasnowpreparedtoconnecttheideasofmildnessandreposewiththefirstsightoftheparticularwhalehepursued;howeverthiswas,orwhetherhiseagernessbetrayedhim;whicheverwayitmighthavebeen,nosoonerdidhedistinctlyperceivethewhitemass,thanwithaquickintensityheinstantlygaveordersforlowering.

           Thefourboatsweresoononthewater;Ahab’sinadvance,andallswiftlypullingtowardstheirprey.Soonitwentdown,andwhile,withoarssuspended,wewereawaitingitsreappearance,lo!inthesamespotwhereitsank,oncemoreitslowlyrose.AlmostforgettingforthemomentallthoughtsofMobyDick,wenowgazedatthemostwondrousphenomenonwhichthesecretseashavehithertorevealedtomankind.Avastpulpymass,furlongsinlengthandbreadth,ofaglancingcream-color,layfloatingonthewater,innumerablelongarmsradiatingfromitscentre,andcurlingandtwistinglikeanestofanacondas,asifblindlytocatchatanyhaplessobjectwithinreach.Noperceptiblefaceorfrontdidithave;noconceivabletokenofeithersensationorinstinct;butundulatedthereonthebillows,anunearthly,formless,chance-likeapparitionoflife.

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