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The Grand Armada

           Bythesemeans,thecircumnavigatingPequodwouldsweepalmostalltheknownSpermWhalecruisinggroundsoftheworld,previoustodescendingupontheLineinthePacific;whereAhab,thougheverywhereelsefoiledinhispursuit,firmlycountedupongivingbattletoMobyDick,intheseahewasmostknowntofrequent;andataseasonwhenhemightmostreasonablybepresumedtobehauntingit.

           Buthownow?inthiszonedquest,doesAhabtouchnoland?doeshiscrewdrinkair?Surely,hewillstopforwater.Nay.Foralongtime,now,thecircus-runningsunhadracedwithinhisfieryring,andneedsnosustenancebutwhat’sinhimself.SoAhab.Markthis,too,inthewhaler.Whileotherhullsareloadeddownwithalienstuff,tobetransferredtoforeignwharves;theworld-wanderingwhale-shipcarriesnocargobutherselfandcrew,theirweaponsandtheirwants.Shehasawholelake’scontentsbottledinheramplehold.Sheisballastedwithutilities;notaltogetherwithunusablepig-leadandkentledge.Shecarriesyears’waterinher.ClearoldprimeNantucketwater;which,whenthreeyearsafloat,theNantucketer,inthePacific,preferstodrinkbeforethebrackishfluid,butyesterdayraftedoffincasks,fromthePeruvianorIndianstreams.Henceitis,that,whileothershipsmayhavegonetoChinafromNewYork,andbackagain,touchingatascoreofports,thewhale-ship,inallthatinterval,maynothavesightedonegrainofsoil;hercrewhavingseennomanbutfloatingseamenlikethemselves.

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