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But
when
the
swift
Pequod
,
with
a
fresh
leading
wind
,
was
herself
in
hot
chase
;
how
very
kind
of
these
tawny
philanthropists
to
assist
in
speeding
her
on
to
her
own
chosen
pursuit
--
mere
riding-whips
and
rowels
to
her
,
that
they
were
.
As
with
glass
under
arm
,
Ahab
to-and-fro
paced
the
deck
;
in
his
forward
turn
beholding
the
monsters
he
chased
,
and
in
the
after
one
the
bloodthirsty
pirates
chasing
him
;
some
such
fancy
as
the
above
seemed
his
.
And
when
he
glanced
upon
the
green
walls
of
the
watery
defile
in
which
the
ship
was
then
sailing
,
and
bethought
him
that
through
that
gate
lay
the
route
to
his
vengeance
,
and
beheld
,
how
that
through
that
same
gate
he
was
now
both
chasing
and
being
chased
to
his
deadly
end
;
and
not
only
that
,
but
a
herd
of
remorseless
wild
pirates
and
inhuman
atheistical
devils
were
infernally
cheering
him
on
with
their
curses
;
--
when
all
these
conceits
had
passed
through
his
brain
,
Ahab
's
brow
was
left
gaunt
and
ribbed
,
like
the
black
sand
beach
after
some
stormy
tide
had
been
gnawing
it
,
without
being
able
to
drag
the
firm
thing
from
its
place
.
But
thoughts
like
these
troubled
very
few
of
the
reckless
crew
;
and
when
,
after
steadily
dropping
and
dropping
the
pirates
astern
,
the
Pequod
at
last
shot
by
the
vivid
green
Cockatoo
Point
on
the
Sumatra
side
,
emerging
at
last
upon
the
broad
waters
beyond
;
then
,
the
harpooneers
seemed
more
to
grieve
that
the
swift
whales
had
been
gaining
upon
the
ship
,
than
to
rejoice
that
the
ship
had
so
victoriously
gained
upon
the
Malays
.
But
still
driving
on
in
the
wake
of
the
whales
,
at
length
they
seemed
abating
their
speed
;
gradually
the
ship
neared
them
;
and
the
wind
now
dying
away
,
word
was
passed
to
spring
to
the
boats
.
But
no
sooner
did
the
herd
,
by
some
presumed
wonderful
instinct
of
the
Sperm
Whale
,
become
notified
of
the
three
keels
that
were
after
them
--
though
as
yet
a
mile
in
their
rear
--
than
they
rallied
again
,
and
forming
in
close
ranks
and
battalions
,
so
that
their
spouts
all
looked
like
flashing
lines
of
stacked
bayonets
,
moved
on
with
redoubled
velocity
.
Stripped
to
our
shirts
and
drawers
,
we
sprang
to
the
white-ash
,
and
after
several
hours
'
pulling
were
almost
disposed
to
renounce
the
chase
,
when
a
general
pausing
commotion
among
the
whales
gave
animating
tokens
that
they
were
now
at
last
under
the
influence
of
that
strange
perplexity
of
inert
irresolution
,
which
,
when
the
fishermen
perceive
it
in
the
whale
,
they
say
he
is
gallied
.
The
compact
martial
columns
in
which
they
had
been
hitherto
rapidly
and
steadily
swimming
,
were
now
broken
up
in
one
measureless
rout
;
and
like
King
Porus
'
elephants
in
the
Indian
battle
with
Alexander
,
they
seemed
going
mad
with
consternation
.
In
all
directions
expanding
in
vast
irregular
circles
,
and
aimlessly
swimming
hither
and
thither
,
by
their
short
thick
spoutings
,
they
plainly
betrayed
their
distraction
of
panic
.
This
was
still
more
strangely
evinced
by
those
of
their
number
,
who
,
completely
paralysed
as
it
were
,
helplessly
floated
like
water-logged
dismantled
ships
on
the
sea
.
Had
these
Leviathans
been
but
a
flock
of
simple
sheep
,
pursued
over
the
pasture
by
three
fierce
wolves
,
they
could
not
possibly
have
evinced
such
excessive
dismay
.
But
this
occasional
timidity
is
characteristic
of
almost
all
herding
creatures
.
Though
banding
together
in
tens
of
thousands
,
the
lion-maned
buffaloes
of
the
West
have
fled
before
a
solitary
horseman
.
Witness
,
too
,
all
human
beings
,
how
when
herded
together
in
the
sheepfold
of
a
theatre
's
pit
,
they
will
,
at
the
slightest
alarm
of
fire
,
rush
helter-skelter
for
the
outlets
,
crowding
,
trampling
,
jamming
,
and
remorselessly
dashing
each
other
to
death
.
Best
,
therefore
,
withhold
any
amazement
at
the
strangely
gallied
whales
before
us
,
for
there
is
no
folly
of
the
beast
of
the
earth
which
is
not
infinitely
outdone
by
the
madness
of
men
.
Though
many
of
the
whales
,
as
has
been
said
,
were
in
violent
motion
,
yet
it
is
to
be
observed
that
as
a
whole
the
herd
neither
advanced
nor
retreated
,
but
collectively
remained
in
one
place
.
As
is
customary
in
those
cases
,
the
boats
at
once
separated
,
each
making
for
some
one
lone
whale
on
the
outskirts
of
the
shoal
.
In
about
three
minutes
'
time
,
Queequeg
's
harpoon
was
flung
;
the
stricken
fish
darted
blinding
spray
in
faces
,
and
then
running
away
with
us
like
light
,
steered
straight
for
the
heart
of
the
herd
.
Though
such
a
movement
on
the
part
of
the
whale
struck
under
such
circumstances
,
is
in
no
wise
unprecedented
;
and
indeed
is
almost
always
more
or
less
anticipated
;
yet
does
it
present
one
of
the
more
perilous
vicissitudes
of
the
fishery
.
For
as
the
swift
monster
drags
you
deeper
and
deeper
into
the
frantic
shoal
,
you
bid
adieu
to
circumspect
life
and
only
exist
in
a
delirious
throb
.
As
,
blind
and
deaf
,
the
whale
plunged
forward
,
as
if
by
sheer
power
of
speed
to
rid
himself
of
the
iron
leech
that
had
fastened
to
him
;
as
we
thus
tore
a
white
gash
in
the
sea
,
on
all
sides
menaced
as
we
flew
,
by
the
crazed
creatures
to
and
fro
rushing
about
us
;
our
beset
boat
was
like
a
ship
mobbed
by
ice-isles
in
a
tempest
,
and
striving
to
steer
through
complicated
channels
and
straits
,
knowing
not
at
what
moment
it
may
be
locked
in
and
crushed
.
But
not
a
bit
daunted
,
Queequeg
steered
us
manfully
;
now
sheering
off
from
this
monster
directly
across
our
route
in
advance
;
now
edging
away
from
that
,
whose
colossal
flukes
were
suspended
overhead
,
while
all
the
time
,
Starbuck
stood
up
in
the
bows
,
lance
in
hand
,
pricking
out
of
our
way
whatever
whales
he
could
reach
by
short
darts
,
for
there
was
no
time
to
make
long
ones
.
Nor
were
the
oarsmen
quite
idle
,
though
their
wonted
duty
was
now
altogether
dispensed
with
.
They
chiefly
attended
to
the
shouting
part
of
the
business
.
"
Out
of
the
way
,
Commodore
!
"
cried
one
,
to
a
great
dromedary
that
of
a
sudden
rose
bodily
to
the
surface
,
and
for
an
instant
threatened
to
swamp
us
.
"
Hard
down
with
your
tail
,
there
!
"
cried
a
second
to
another
,
which
,
close
to
our
gunwale
,
seemed
calmly
cooling
himself
with
his
own
fan-like
extremity
.
All
whale-boats
carry
certain
curious
contrivances
,
originally
invented
by
the
Nantucket
Indians
,
called
druggs
.
