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The Tail

           Butingazingatsuchscenes,itisallinallwhatmoodyouarein;ifintheDantean,thedevilswilloccurtoyou;ifinthatofIsaiah,thearchangels.Standingatthemast-headofmyshipduringasunrisethatcrimsonedskyandsea,Ioncesawalargeherdofwhalesintheeast,allheadingtowardsthesun,andforamomentvibratinginconcertwithpeakedflukes.Asitseemedtomeatthetime,suchagrandembodimentofadorationofthegodswasneverbeheld,eveninPersia,thehomeofthefireworshippers.AsPtolemyPhilopatertestifiedoftheAfricanelephant,Ithentestifiedofthewhale,pronouncinghimthemostdevoutofallbeings.ForaccordingtoKingJuba,themilitaryelephantsofantiquityoftenhailedthemorningwiththeirtrunksupliftedintheprofoundestsilence.

           Thechancecomparisoninthischapter,betweenthewhaleandtheelephant,sofarassomeaspectsofthetailoftheoneandthetrunkoftheotherareconcerned,shouldnottendtoplacethosetwooppositeorgansonanequality,muchlessthecreaturestowhichtheyrespectivelybelong.ForasthemightiestelephantisbutaterrortoLeviathan,so,comparedwithLeviathan’stail,histrunkisbutthestalkofalily.Themostdirefulblowfromtheelephant’strunkwereastheplayfultapofafan,comparedwiththemeasurelesscrushandcrashofthespermwhale’sponderousflukes,whichinrepeatedinstanceshaveoneaftertheotherhurledentireboatswithalltheiroarsandcrewsintotheair,verymuchasanIndianjugglertosseshisballs

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