Моби Дик

Leg and Arm

           Andthinkingthehap-hazardlinewouldgetloose,orthetoothitwastangledtomightdraw(forIhaveadevilofaboat’screwforapullonawhale-line);seeingallthis,Isay,Ijumpedintomyfirstmate’sboatMr.Mounttop’shere(bytheway,CaptainMounttop;Mounttopthecaptain);asIwassaying,IjumpedintoMounttop’sboat,which,d’yesee,wasgunwaleandgunwalewithmine,then;andsnatchingthefirstharpoon,letthisoldgreat-grandfatherhaveit.But,Lord,lookyou,sirheartsandsoulsalive,manthenextinstant,inajiff,Iwasblindasabatbotheyesoutallbefoggedandbedeadenedwithblackfoamthewhale’stailloomingstraightupoutofit,perpendicularintheair,likeamarblesteeple.Nousesterningall,then;butasIwasgropingatmidday,withablindingsun,allcrown-jewels;asIwasgroping,Isay,afterthesecondiron,totossitoverboarddowncomesthetaillikeaLimatower,cuttingmyboatintwo,leavingeachhalfinsplinters;and,flukesfirst,thewhitehumpbackedthroughthewreck,asthoughitwasallchips.Weallstruckout.Toescapehisterribleflailings,Iseizedholdofmyharpoon-polestickinginhim,andforamomentclungtothatlikeasuckingfish.

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