Моби Дик

The Sperm Whale’s Head — Contrasted View

           Farbackonthesideofthehead,andlowdown,neartheangleofeitherwhale’sjaw,ifyounarrowlysearch,youwillatlastseealashlesseye,whichyouwouldfancytobeayoungcolt’seye;sooutofallproportionisittothemagnitudeofthehead.

           Now,fromthispeculiarsidewaypositionofthewhale’seyes,itisplainthathecanneverseeanobjectwhichisexactlyahead,nomorethanhecanoneexactlyastern.Inaword,thepositionofthewhale’seyescorrespondstothatofaman’sears;andyoumayfancy,foryourself,howitwouldfarewithyou,didyousidewayssurveyobjectsthroughyourears.Youwouldfindthatyoucouldonlycommandsomethirtydegreesofvisioninadvanceofthestraightside-lineofsight;andaboutthirtymorebehindit.Ifyourbitterestfoewerewalkingstraighttowardsyou,withdaggerupliftedinbroadday,youwouldnotbeabletoseehim,anymorethanifhewerestealinguponyoufrombehind.

Содержание книги
Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 464 из 832