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The Pequod Meets The Virgin

           Isthisthecreatureofwhomitwasoncesotriumphantlysaid"Canstthoufillhisskinwithbarbedirons?orhisheadwithfish-spears?Theswordofhimthatlayethathimcannothold,thespear,thedart,northehabergeon:heesteemethironasstraw;thearrowcannotmakehimflee;dartsarecountedasstubble;helaughethattheshakingofaspear!"Thisthecreature?thishe?Oh!thatunfulfilmentsshouldfollowtheprophets.Forwiththestrengthofathousandthighsinhistail,Leviathanhadrunhisheadunderthemountainsofthesea,tohidehimfromthePequod’sfishspears!

           Inthatslopingafternoonsunlight,theshadowsthatthethreeboatssentdownbeneaththesurface,musthavebeenlongenoughandbroadenoughtoshadehalfXerxes’army.Whocantellhowappallingtothewoundedwhalemusthavebeensuchhugephantomsflittingoverhishead!

           "Standby,men;hestirs,"criedStarbuck,asthethreelinessuddenlyvibratedinthewater,distinctlyconductingupwardstothem,asbymagneticwires,thelifeanddeaththrobsofthewhale,sothateveryoarsmanfelttheminhisseat.Thenextmoment,relievedingreatpartfromthedownwardstrainatthebows,theboatsgaveasuddenbounceupwards,asasmallicefieldwill,whenadenseherdofwhitebearsarescaredfromitintothesea.

           "Haulin!Haulin!"criedStarbuckagain;"he’srising."

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