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The Sphynx

           But,withafullgrownleviathanthisisimpossible;forthespermwhale’sheadembracesnearlyonethirdofhisentirebulk,andcompletelytosuspendsuchaburdenasthat,evenbytheimmensetacklesofawhaler,thiswereasvainathingastoattemptweighingaDutchbarninjewellers’scales.

           ThePequod’swhalebeingdecapitatedandthebodystripped,theheadwashoistedagainsttheship’ssideabouthalfwayoutofthesea,sothatitmightyetingreatpartbebuoyedupbyitsnativeelement.Andtherewiththestrainedcraftsteeplyleaningoverit,byreasonoftheenormousdownwarddragfromthelowermast-head,andeveryyard-armonthatsideprojectinglikeacraneoverthewaves;there,thatblood-drippingheadhungtothePequod’swaistlikethegiantHolofernes’sfromthegirdleofJudith.

           Whenthislasttaskwasaccomplisheditwasnoon,andtheseamenwentbelowtotheirdinner.Silencereignedoverthebeforetumultuousbutnowdeserteddeck.Anintensecoppercalm,likeauniversalyellowlotus,wasmoreandmoreunfoldingitsnoiselessmeasurelessleavesuponthesea.

           Ashortspaceelapsed,andupintothisnoiselessnesscameAhabalonefromhiscabin.Takingafewturnsonthequarter-deck,hepausedtogazeovertheside,thenslowlygettingintothemain-chainshetookStubb’slongspadestillremainingthereafterthewhale’sdecapitationandstrikingitintothelowerpartofthehalf-suspendedmass,placeditsotherendcrutchwiseunderonearm,andsostoodleaningoverwitheyesattentivelyfixedonthishead.

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