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The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud

           WhiletheFrenchman’sboats,then,wereengagedintowingtheshiponeway,Stubbbenevolentlytowedawayathiswhaletheotherway,ostentatiouslyslackingoutamostunusuallylongtow-line.

           Presentlyabreezesprangup;Stubbfeignedtocastofffromthewhale;hoistinghisboats,theFrenchmansoonincreasedhisdistance,whilethePequodslidinbetweenhimandStubb’swhale.WhereuponStubbquicklypulledtothefloatingbody,andhailingthePequodtogivenoticeofhisintentions,atonceproceededtoreapthefruitofhisunrighteouscunning.Seizinghissharpboat-spade,hecommencedanexcavationinthebody,alittlebehindthesidefin.Youwouldalmosthavethoughthewasdiggingacellarthereinthesea;andwhenatlengthhisspadestruckagainstthegauntribs,itwasliketurningupoldRomantilesandpotteryburiedinfatEnglishloam.Hisboat’screwwereallinhighexcitement,eagerlyhelpingtheirchief,andlookinganxiousasgold-hunters.

           Andallthetimenumberlessfowlswerediving,andducking,andscreaming,andyelling,andfightingaroundthem.Stubbwasbeginningtolookdisappointed,especiallyasthehorriblenosegayincreased,whensuddenlyfromouttheveryheartofthisplague,therestoleafaintstreamofperfume,whichflowedthroughthetideofbadsmellswithoutbeingabsorbedbyit,asoneriverwillflowintoandthenalongwithanother,withoutatallblendingwithitforatime

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