The Musket

           DuringthemostviolentshocksoftheTyphoon,themanatthePequod’sjaw-bonetillerhadseveraltimesbeenreelinglyhurledtothedeckbyitsspasmodicmotionseventhoughpreventertackleshadbeenattachedtoit—fortheywereslack—becausesomeplaytothetillerwasindispensable.

           Inaseveregalelikethis,whiletheshipisbutatossedshuttlecocktotheblast,itisbynomeansuncommontoseetheneedlesinthecompasses,atintervals,goroundandround.ItwasthuswiththePequod’s;atalmosteveryshockthehelmsmanhadnotfailedtonoticethewhirlingvelocitywithwhichtheyrevolveduponthecards;itisasightthathardlyanyonecanbeholdwithoutsomesortofunwontedemotion.

           Somehoursaftermidnight,theTyphoonabatedsomuch,thatthroughthestrenuousexertionsofStarbuckandStubb—oneengagedforwardandtheotheraft—theshiveredremnantsofthejibandforeandmain-top-sailswerecutadriftfromthespars,andwenteddyingawaytoleeward,likethefeathersofanalbatross,whichsometimesarecasttothewindswhenthatstorm-tossedbirdisonthewing.

           Thethreecorrespondingnewsailswerenowbentandreefed,andastorm-trysailwassetfurtheraft;sothattheshipsoonwentthroughthewaterwithsomeprecisionagain;andthecourse—forthepresent,East-south-east—whichhewastosteer,ifpracticable,wasoncemoregiventothehelmsman.Forduringtheviolenceofthegale,hehadonlysteeredaccordingtoitsvicissitudes.

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