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The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud

           Comingstillnearerwiththeexpiringbreeze,wesawthattheFrenchmanhadasecondwhalealongside;andthissecondwhaleseemedevenmoreofanosegaythanthefirst.Intruth,itturnedouttobeoneofthoseproblematicalwhalesthatseemtodryupanddiewithasortofprodigiousdyspepsia,orindigestion;leavingtheirdefunctbodiesalmostentirelybankruptofanythinglikeoil.Nevertheless,intheproperplaceweshallseethatnoknowingfishermanwilleverturnuphisnoseatsuchawhaleasthis,howevermuchhemayshunblastedwhalesingeneral.

           ThePequodhadnowsweptsonightothestranger,thatStubbvowedherecognizedhiscuttingspade-poleentangledinthelinesthatwereknottedroundthetailofoneofthesewhales.

           "There’saprettyfellow,now,"hebanteringlylaughed,standingintheship’sbows,"there’sajackalforye!IwellknewthattheseCrappoesofFrenchmenarebutpoordevilsinthefishery;sometimesloweringtheirboatsforbreakers,mistakingthemforSpermWhalespouts;yes,andsometimessailingfromtheirportwiththeirholdfullofboxesoftallowcandles,andcasesofsnuffers,foreseeingthatalltheoiltheywillgetwon’tbeenoughtodiptheCaptain’swickinto;aye,weallknowthesethings;butlookye,here’saCrappothatiscontentwithourleavings,thedruggedwhalethere,Imean;aye,andiscontenttoowithscrapingthedrybonesofthatotherpreciousfishhehasthere.Poordevil!Isay,passroundahat,someone,andlet’smakehimapresentofalittleoilfordearcharity’ssake.

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