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The Grand Armada

           ButwhentheswiftPequod,withafreshleadingwind,washerselfinhotchase;howverykindofthesetawnyphilanthropiststoassistinspeedingherontoherownchosenpursuitmereriding-whipsandrowelstoher,thattheywere.Aswithglassunderarm,Ahabto-and-fropacedthedeck;inhisforwardturnbeholdingthemonstershechased,andintheafteronethebloodthirstypirateschasinghim;somesuchfancyastheaboveseemedhis.Andwhenheglanceduponthegreenwallsofthewaterydefileinwhichtheshipwasthensailing,andbethoughthimthatthroughthatgatelaytheroutetohisvengeance,andbeheld,howthatthroughthatsamegatehewasnowbothchasingandbeingchasedtohisdeadlyend;andnotonlythat,butaherdofremorselesswildpiratesandinhumanatheisticaldevilswereinfernallycheeringhimonwiththeircurses;whenalltheseconceitshadpassedthroughhisbrain,Ahab’sbrowwasleftgauntandribbed,liketheblacksandbeachaftersomestormytidehadbeengnawingit,withoutbeingabletodragthefirmthingfromitsplace.

           Butthoughtslikethesetroubledveryfewoftherecklesscrew;andwhen,aftersteadilydroppinganddroppingthepiratesastern,thePequodatlastshotbythevividgreenCockatooPointontheSumatraside,emergingatlastuponthebroadwatersbeyond;then,theharpooneersseemedmoretogrievethattheswiftwhaleshadbeengainingupontheship,thantorejoicethattheshiphadsovictoriouslygainedupontheMalays.

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