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The Pequod Meets The Virgin

           Iftheonlywhalesthatthussankwereold,meagre,andbroken-heartedcreatures,theirpadsoflarddiminishedandalltheirbonesheavyandrheumatic;thenyoumightwithsomereasonassertthatthissinkingiscausedbyanuncommonspecificgravityinthefishsosinking,consequentuponthisabsenceofbuoyantmatterinhim.Butitisnotso.Foryoungwhales,inthehighesthealth,andswellingwithnobleaspirations,prematurelycutoffinthewarmflushandMayoflife,withalltheirpantinglardaboutthem!eventhesebrawny,buoyantheroesdosometimessink.

           Beitsaid,however,thattheSpermWhaleisfarlessliabletothisaccidentthananyotherspecies.Whereoneofthatsortgodown,twentyRightWhalesdo.ThisdifferenceinthespeciesisnodoubtimputableinnosmalldegreetothegreaterquantityofboneintheRightWhale;hisVenetianblindsalonesometimesweighingmorethanaton;fromthisincumbrancetheSpermWhaleiswhollyfree.Butthereareinstanceswhere,afterthelapseofmanyhoursorseveraldays,thesunkenwhaleagainrises,morebuoyantthaninlife.Butthereasonofthisisobvious.Gasesaregeneratedinhim;heswellstoaprodigiousmagnitude;becomesasortofanimalballoon.Aline-of-battleshipcouldhardlykeephimunderthen.IntheShoreWhaling,onsoundings,amongtheBaysofNewZealand,whenaRightWhalegivestokenofsinking,theyfastenbuoystohim,withplentyofrope;sothatwhenthebodyhasgonedown,theyknowwheretolookforitwhenitshallhaveascendedagain

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