Моби Дик

The Line

           Beforeloweringtheboatforthechase,theupperendofthelineistakenaftfromthetub,andpassingroundtheloggerheadthere,isagaincarriedforwardtheentirelengthoftheboat,restingcrosswiseupontheloomorhandleofeveryman’soar,sothatitjogsagainsthiswristinrowing;andalsopassingbetweenthemen,astheyalternatelysitattheoppositegunwales,totheleadedchocksorgroovesintheextremepointedprowoftheboat,whereawoodenpinorskewerthesizeofacommonsquill,preventsitfromslippingout.Fromthechocksithangsinaslightfestoonoverthebows,andisthenpassedinsidetheboatagain;andsometenortwentyfathoms(calledbox-line)beingcoiledupontheboxinthebows,itcontinuesitswaytothegunwalestillalittlefurtheraft,andisthenattachedtotheshort-warptheropewhichisimmediatelyconnectedwiththeharpoon;butprevioustothatconnexion,theshort-warpgoesthroughsundrymystificationstootedioustodetail.

           Thusthewhale-linefoldsthewholeboatinitscomplicatedcoils,twistingandwrithingarounditinalmosteverydirection.Alltheoarsmenareinvolvedinitsperilouscontortions;sothattothetimideyeofthelandsman,theyseemasIndianjugglers,withthedeadliestsnakessportivelyfestooningtheirlimbs.

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