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The Jeroboam’s Story

           Whenthisinterludewasover,CaptainMayhewbeganadarkstoryconcerningMobyDick;not,however,withoutfrequentinterruptionsfromGabriel,wheneverhisnamewasmentioned,andthecrazyseathatseemedleaguedwithhim.

           ItseemedthattheJeroboamhadnotlonglefthome,whenuponspeakingawhale-ship,herpeoplewerereliablyapprisedoftheexistenceofMobyDick,andthehavochehadmade.Greedilysuckinginthisintelligence,GabrielsolemnlywarnedthecaptainagainstattackingtheWhiteWhale,incasethemonstershouldbeseen;inhisgibberinginsanity,pronouncingtheWhiteWhaletobenolessabeingthantheShakerGodincarnated;theShakersreceivingtheBible.Butwhen,someyearortwoafterwards,MobyDickwasfairlysightedfromthemast-heads,Macey,thechiefmate,burnedwithardortoencounterhim;andthecaptainhimselfbeingnotunwillingtolethimhavetheopportunity,despiteallthearchangel’sdenunciationsandforewarnings,Maceysucceededinpersuadingfivementomanhisboat.Withthemhepushedoff;and,aftermuchwearypulling,andmanyperilous,unsuccessfulonsets,heatlastsucceededingettingoneironfast.Meantime,Gabriel,ascendingtothemain-royalmast-head,wastossingonearminfranticgestures,andhurlingforthpropheciesofspeedydoomtothesacrilegiousassailantsofhisdivinity.

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