Моби Дик

The Fountain

           Notsomuchthyskill,then,Ohunter,asthegreatnecessitiesthatstrikethevictorytothee!

           Inman,breathingisincessantlygoingon—onebreathonlyservingfortwoorthreepulsations;sothatwhateverotherbusinesshehastoattendto,wakingorsleeping,breathehemust,ordiehewill.ButtheSpermWhaleonlybreathesaboutoneseventhorSundayofhistime.

           Ithasbeensaidthatthewhaleonlybreathesthroughhisspout-hole;ifitcouldtruthfullybeaddedthathisspoutsaremixedwithwater,thenIopineweshouldbefurnishedwiththereasonwhyhissenseofsmellseemsobliteratedinhim;fortheonlythingabouthimthatatallanswerstohisnoseisthatidenticalspout-hole;andbeingsocloggedwithtwoelements,itcouldnotbeexpectedtohavethepowerofsmelling.Butowingtothemysteryofthespout—whetheritbewaterorwhetheritbevapor—noabsolutecertaintycanasyetbearrivedatonthishead.Sureitis,nevertheless,thattheSpermWhalehasnoproperolfactories.Butwhatdoeshewantofthem?Noroses,noviolets,noCologne-waterinthesea.

           Furthermore,ashiswindpipesolelyopensintothetubeofhisspoutingcanal,andasthatlongcanal—likethegrandErieCanal—isfurnishedwithasortoflocks(thatopenandshut)forthedownwardretentionofairortheupwardexclusionofwater,thereforethewhalehasnovoice;unlessyouinsulthimbysaying,thatwhenhesostrangelyrumbles,hetalksthroughhisnose.

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