Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over Him

           ItmustbeborneinmindthatallthistimewehaveaSpermWhale’sprodigiousheadhangingtothePequod’sside.Butwemustletitcontinuehangingthereawhiletillwecangetachancetoattendtoit.Forthepresentothermatterspress,andthebestwecandonowforthehead,istoprayheaventhetacklesmayhold.

           Now,duringthepastnightandforenoon,thePequodhadgraduallydriftedintoasea,which,byitsoccasionalpatchesofyellowbrit,gaveunusualtokensofthevicinityofRightWhales,aspeciesoftheLeviathanthatbutfewsupposedtobeatthisparticulartimelurkinganywherenear.Andthoughallhandscommonlydisdainedthecaptureofthoseinferiorcreatures;andthoughthePequodwasnotcommissionedtocruiseforthematall,andthoughshehadpassednumbersofthemneartheCrozettswithoutloweringaboat;yetnowthataSpermWhalehadbeenbroughtalongsideandbeheaded,tothesurpriseofall,theannouncementwasmadethataRightWhaleshouldbecapturedthatday,ifopportunityoffered.

           Norwasthislongwanting.Tallspoutswereseentoleeward;andtwoboats,Stubb’sandFlask’s,weredetachedinpursuit.Pullingfurtherandfurtheraway,theyatlastbecamealmostinvisibletothemenatthemasthead.Butsuddenlyinthedistance,theysawagreatheapoftumultuouswhitewater,andsoonafternewscamefromaloftthatoneorboththeboatsmustbefast.Anintervalpassedandtheboatswereinplainsight,intheactofbeingdraggedrighttowardstheshipbythetowingwhale.

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