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The Pequod Meets The Virgin

           Fullinthisrapidwake,andmanyfathomsintherear,swamahuge,humpedoldbull,whichbyhiscomparativelyslowprogress,aswellasbytheunusualyellowishincrustationsover-growinghim,seemedafflictedwiththejaundice,orsomeotherinfirmity.Whetherthiswhalebelongedtothepodinadvance,seemedquestionable;foritisnotcustomaryforsuchvenerableleviathanstobeatallsocial.Nevertheless,hestucktotheirwake,thoughindeedtheirbackwatermusthaveretardedhim,becausethewhite-boneorswellathisbroadmuzzlewasadashedone,liketheswellformedwhentwohostilecurrentsmeet.Hisspoutwasshort,slow,andlaborious;comingforthwithachokingsortofgush,andspendingitselfintornshreds,followedbystrangesubterraneancommotionsinhim,whichseemedtohaveegressathisotherburiedextremity,causingthewatersbehindhimtoupbubble.

           "Who’sgotsomeparegoric?"saidStubb,"hehasthestomach-ache,I’mafraid.Lord,thinkofhavinghalfanacreofstomach-ache!AdversewindsareholdingmadChristmasinhim,boys.It’sthefirstfoulwindeverknewtoblowfromastern;butlook,dideverwhaleyawsobefore?itmustbe,he’slosthistiller."

           AsanoverladenIndiamanbearingdowntheHindostancoastwithadeckloadoffrightenedhorses,careens,buries,rolls,andwallowsonherway;sodidthisoldwhaleheavehisagedbulk,andnowandthenpartlyturningoveronhiscumbrousrib-ends,exposethecauseofhisdeviouswakeintheunnaturalstumpofhisstarboardfin.

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