Моби Дик

Schools and Schoolmasters

           YoumeetthemontheLineintimeforthefullfloweroftheEquatorialfeedingseason,havingjustreturned,perhaps,fromspendingthesummerintheNorthernseas,andsocheatingsummerofallunpleasantwearinessandwarmth.BythetimetheyhaveloungedupanddownthepromenadeoftheEquatorawhile,theystartfortheOrientalwatersinanticipationofthecoolseasonthere,andsoevadetheotherexcessivetemperatureoftheyear.

           Whenserenelyadvancingononeofthesejourneys,ifanystrangesuspicioussightsareseen,mylordwhalekeepsawaryeyeonhisinterestingfamily.ShouldanyunwarrantedpertyoungLeviathancomingthatway,presumetodrawconfidentiallyclosetooneoftheladies,withwhatprodigiousfurytheBashawassailshim,andchaseshimaway!Hightimes,indeed,ifunprincipledyoungrakeslikehimaretobepermittedtoinvadethesanctityofdomesticbliss;thoughdowhattheBashawwill,hecannotkeepthemostnotoriousLothariooutofhisbed;foralas!allfishbedincommon.Asashore,theladiesoftencausethemostterribleduelsamongtheirrivaladmirers;justsowiththewhales,whosometimescometodeadlybattle,andallforlove.Theyfencewiththeirlonglowerjaws,sometimeslockingthemtogether,andsostrivingforthesupremacylikeelksthatwarringlyinterweavetheirantlers.Notafewarecapturedhavingthedeepscarsoftheseencountersfurrowedheads,brokenteeth,scollopedfins;andinsomeinstances,wrenchedanddislocatedmouths.

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