Stubb Kills a Whale

           IftoStarbucktheapparitionoftheSquidwasathingofportents,toQueequegitwasquiteadifferentobject.

           "Whenyouseehim‘quid,"saidthesavage,honinghisharpooninthebowofhishoistedboat,"thenyouquickseehim‘parmwhale."

           Thenextdaywasexceedinglystillandsultry,andwithnothingspecialtoengagethem,thePequod’screwcouldhardlyresistthespellofsleepinducedbysuchavacantsea.ForthispartoftheIndianOceanthroughwhichwethenwerevoyagingisnotwhatwhalemencallalivelyground;thatis,itaffordsfewerglimpsesofporpoises,dolphins,flying-fish,andothervivaciousdenizensofmorestirringwaters,thanthoseofftheRiodelaPlata,orthein-shoregroundoffPeru.

           Itwasmyturntostandattheforemast-head;andwithmyshouldersleaningagainsttheslackenedroyalshrouds,toandfroIidlyswayedinwhatseemedanenchantedair.Noresolutioncouldwithstandit;inthatdreamymoodlosingallconsciousness,atlastmysoulwentoutofmybody;thoughmybodystillcontinuedtoswayasapendulumwill,longafterthepowerwhichfirstmoveditiswithdrawn.

           Ereforgetfulnessaltogethercameoverme,Ihadnoticedthattheseamenatthemainandmizzenmast-headswerealreadydrowsy.Sothatatlastallthreeofuslifelesslyswungfromthespars,andforeveryswingthatwemadetherewasanodfrombelowfromtheslumberinghelmsman.Thewaves,too,noddedtheirindolentcrests;andacrossthewidetranceofthesea,eastnoddedtowest,andthesunoverall.

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