The Life-Buoy

           Steeringnowsouth-eastwardbyAhab’slevelledsteel,andherprogresssolelydeterminedbyAhab’slevellogandline;thePequodheldonherpathtowardstheEquator.Makingsolongapassagethroughsuchunfrequentedwaters,descryingnoships,anderelong,sidewaysimpelledbyunvaryingtradewinds,overwavesmonotonouslymild;alltheseseemedthestrangecalmthingspreludingsomeriotousanddesperatescene.

           Atlast,whentheshipdrewneartotheoutskirts,asitwere,oftheEquatorialfishing-ground,andinthedeepdarknessthatgoesbeforethedawn,wassailingbyaclusterofrockyislets;thewatchthenheadedbyFlaskwasstartledbyacrysoplaintivelywildandunearthlylikehalf-articulatedwailingsoftheghostsofallHerod’smurderedInnocentsthatoneandall,theystartedfromtheirreveries,andforthespaceofsomemomentsstood,orsat,orleanedalltransfixedbylistening,likethecarvedRomanslave,whilethatwildcryremainedwithinhearing.TheChristianorcivilizedpartofthecrewsaiditwasmermaids,andshuddered;butthepaganharpooneersremainedunappalled.YetthegreyManxmantheoldestmarinerofalldeclaredthatthewildthrillingsoundsthatwereheard,werethevoicesofnewlydrownedmeninthesea.

           Belowinhishammock,Ahabdidnothearofthistillgreydawn,whenhecametothedeck;itwasthenrecountedtohimbyFlask,notunaccompaniedwithhinteddarkmeanings.Hehollowlylaughed,andthusexplainedthewonder.

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