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The Grand Armada

           TothisaggregationoftheSpermWhaleintosuchimmensecaravans,maybeimputedthecircumstancethateveninthebestcruisinggrounds,youmaynowsometimessailforweeksandmonthstogether,withoutbeinggreetedbyasinglespout;andthenbesuddenlysalutedbywhatsometimesseemsthousandsonthousands.

           Broadonbothbows,atthedistanceofsometwoorthreemiles,andformingagreatsemicircle,embracingonehalfofthelevelhorizon,acontinuouschainofwhale-jetswereup-playingandsparklinginthenoon-dayair.Unlikethestraightperpendiculartwin-jetsoftheRightWhale,which,dividingattop,falloverintwobranches,likethecleftdroopingboughsofawillow,thesingleforward-slantingspoutoftheSpermWhalepresentsathickcurledbushofwhitemist,continuallyrisingandfallingawaytoleeward.

           SeenfromthePequod’sdeck,then,asshewouldriseonahighhillofthesea,thishostofvaporyspouts,individuallycurlingupintotheair,andbeheldthroughablendingatmosphereofbluishhaze,showedlikethethousandcheerfulchimneysofsomedensemetropolis,descriedofabalmyautumnalmorning,bysomehorsemanonaheight.

           Asmarchingarmiesapproachinganunfriendlydefileinthemountains,acceleratetheirmarch,alleagernesstoplacethatperilouspassageintheirrear,andoncemoreexpandincomparativesecurityupontheplain;evensodidthisvastfleetofwhalesnowseemhurryingforwardthroughthestraits;graduallycontractingthewingsoftheirsemicircle,andswimmingon,inonesolid,butstillcrescenticcentre.

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