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Two
thick
squares
of
wood
of
equal
size
are
stoutly
clenched
together
,
so
that
they
cross
each
other
's
grain
at
right
angles
;
a
line
of
considerable
length
is
then
attached
to
the
middle
of
this
block
,
and
the
other
end
of
the
line
being
looped
,
it
can
in
a
moment
be
fastened
to
a
harpoon
.
It
is
chiefly
among
gallied
whales
that
this
drugg
is
used
.
For
then
,
more
whales
are
close
round
you
than
you
can
possibly
chase
at
one
time
.
But
sperm
whales
are
not
every
day
encountered
;
while
you
may
,
then
,
you
must
kill
all
you
can
.
And
if
you
can
not
kill
them
all
at
once
,
you
must
wing
them
,
so
that
they
can
be
afterwards
killed
at
your
leisure
.
Hence
it
is
,
that
at
times
like
these
the
drug
,
comes
into
requisition
.
Our
boat
was
furnished
with
three
of
them
.
The
first
and
second
were
successfully
darted
,
and
we
saw
the
whales
staggeringly
running
off
,
fettered
by
the
enormous
sidelong
resistance
of
the
towing
drugg
.
They
were
cramped
like
malefactors
with
the
chain
and
ball
.
But
upon
flinging
the
third
,
in
the
act
of
tossing
overboard
the
clumsy
wooden
block
,
it
caught
under
one
of
the
seats
of
the
boat
,
and
in
an
instant
tore
it
out
and
carried
it
away
,
dropping
the
oarsman
in
the
boat
's
bottom
as
the
seat
slid
from
under
him
.
On
both
sides
the
sea
came
in
at
the
wounded
planks
,
but
we
stuffed
two
or
three
drawers
and
shirts
in
,
and
so
stopped
the
leaks
for
the
time
.
It
had
been
next
to
impossible
to
dart
these
drugged-harpoons
,
were
it
not
that
as
we
advanced
into
the
herd
,
our
whale
's
way
greatly
diminished
;
moreover
,
that
as
we
went
still
further
and
further
from
the
circumference
of
commotion
,
the
direful
disorders
seemed
waning
.
So
that
when
at
last
the
jerking
harpoon
drew
out
,
and
the
towing
whale
sideways
vanished
;
then
,
with
the
tapering
force
of
his
parting
momentum
,
we
glided
between
two
whales
into
the
innermost
heart
of
the
shoal
,
as
if
from
some
mountain
torrent
we
had
slid
into
a
serene
valley
lake
.
Here
the
storms
in
the
roaring
glens
between
the
outermost
whales
,
were
heard
but
not
felt
.
In
this
central
expanse
the
sea
presented
that
smooth
satin-like
surface
,
called
a
sleek
,
produced
by
the
subtle
moisture
thrown
off
by
the
whale
in
his
more
quiet
moods
.
Yes
,
we
were
now
in
that
enchanted
calm
which
they
say
lurks
at
the
heart
of
every
commotion
.
And
still
in
the
distracted
distance
we
beheld
the
tumults
of
the
outer
concentric
circles
,
and
saw
successive
pods
of
whales
,
eight
or
ten
in
each
,
swiftly
going
round
and
round
,
like
multiplied
spans
of
horses
in
a
ring
;
and
so
closely
shoulder
to
shoulder
,
that
a
Titanic
circus-rider
might
easily
have
over-arched
the
middle
ones
,
and
so
have
gone
round
on
their
backs
.
Owing
to
the
density
of
the
crowd
of
reposing
whales
,
more
immediately
surrounding
the
embayed
axis
of
the
herd
,
no
possible
chance
of
escape
was
at
present
afforded
us
.
We
must
watch
for
a
breach
in
the
living
wall
that
hemmed
us
in
;
the
wall
that
had
only
admitted
us
in
order
to
shut
us
up
.
Keeping
at
the
centre
of
the
lake
,
we
were
occasionally
visited
by
small
tame
cows
and
calves
;
the
women
and
children
of
this
routed
host
.
Now
,
inclusive
of
the
occasional
wide
intervals
between
the
revolving
outer
circles
,
and
inclusive
of
the
spaces
between
the
various
pods
in
any
one
of
those
circles
,
the
entire
area
at
this
juncture
,
embraced
by
the
whole
multitude
,
must
have
contained
at
least
two
or
three
square
miles
.
At
any
rate
--
though
indeed
such
a
test
at
such
a
time
might
be
deceptive
--
spoutings
might
be
discovered
from
our
low
boat
that
seemed
playing
up
almost
from
the
rim
of
the
horizon
.
I
mention
this
circumstance
,
because
,
as
if
the
cows
and
calves
had
been
purposely
locked
up
in
this
innermost
fold
;
and
as
if
the
wide
extent
of
the
herd
had
hitherto
prevented
them
from
learning
the
precise
cause
of
its
stopping
;
or
,
possibly
,
being
so
young
,
unsophisticated
,
and
every
way
innocent
and
inexperienced
;
however
it
may
have
been
,
these
smaller
whales
--
now
and
then
visiting
our
becalmed
boat
from
the
margin
of
the
lake
--
evinced
a
wondrous
fearlessness
and
confidence
,
or
else
a
still
becharmed
panic
which
it
was
impossible
not
to
marvel
at
.
Like
household
dogs
they
came
snuffing
round
us
,
right
up
to
our
gunwales
,
and
touching
them
;
till
it
almost
seemed
that
some
spell
had
suddenly
domesticated
them
.
Queequeg
patted
their
foreheads
;
Starbuck
scratched
their
backs
with
his
lance
;
but
fearful
of
the
consequences
,
for
the
time
refrained
from
darting
it
.
But
far
beneath
this
wondrous
world
upon
the
surface
,
another
and
still
stranger
world
met
our
eyes
as
we
gazed
over
the
side
.
For
,
suspended
in
those
watery
vaults
,
floated
the
forms
of
the
nursing
mothers
of
the
whales
,
and
those
that
by
their
enormous
girth
seemed
shortly
to
become
mothers
.
The
lake
,
as
I
have
hinted
,
was
to
a
considerable
depth
exceedingly
transparent
;
and
as
human
infants
while
suckling
will
calmly
and
fixedly
gaze
away
from
the
breast
,
as
if
leading
two
different
lives
at
the
time
;
and
while
yet
drawing
mortal
nourishment
,
be
still
spiritually
feasting
upon
some
unearthly
reminiscence
;
--
even
so
did
the
young
of
these
whales
seem
looking
up
towards
us
,
but
not
at
us
,
as
if
we
were
but
a
bit
of
Gulfweed
in
their
new-born
sight
.
Floating
on
their
sides
,
the
mothers
also
seemed
quietly
eyeing
us
.
One
of
these
little
infants
,
that
from
certain
queer
tokens
seemed
hardly
a
day
old
,
might
have
measured
some
fourteen
feet
in
length
,
and
some
six
feet
in
girth
.
He
was
a
little
frisky
;
though
as
yet
his
body
seemed
scarce
yet
recovered
from
that
irksome
position
it
had
so
lately
occupied
in
the
maternal
reticule
;
where
,
tail
to
head
,
and
all
ready
for
the
final
spring
,
the
unborn
whale
lies
bent
like
a
Tartar
's
bow
.
The
delicate
side-fins
,
and
the
palms
of
his
flukes
,
still
freshly
retained
the
plaited
crumpled
appearance
of
a
baby
's
ears
newly
arrived
from
foreign
parts
.
"
Line
!
line
!
"
cried
Queequeg
,
looking
over
the
gunwale
;
"
him
fast
!
him
fast
!
--
Who
line
him
!
Who
struck
?
--
Two
whale
;
one
big
,
one
little
!
"
"
What
ails
ye
,
man
?
"
cried
Starbuck
.
"
Look-e
here
,
"
said
Queequeg
,
pointing
down
.
As
when
the
stricken
whale
,
that
from
the
tub
has
reeled
out
hundreds
of
fathoms
of
rope
;
as
,
after
deep
sounding
,
he
floats
up
again
,
and
shows
the
slackened
curling
line
buoyantly
rising
and
spiralling
towards
the
air
;
so
now
,
Starbuck
saw
long
coils
of
the
umbilical
cord
of
Madame
Leviathan
,
by
which
the
young
cub
seemed
still
tethered
to
its
dam
.
Not
seldom
in
the
rapid
vicissitudes
of
the
chase
,
this
natural
line
,
with
the
maternal
end
loose
,
becomes
entangled
with
the
hempen
one
,
so
that
the
cub
is
thereby
trapped
.
Some
of
the
subtlest
secrets
of
the
seas
seemed
divulged
to
us
in
this
enchanted
pond
.
We
saw
young
Leviathan
amours
in
the
deep
.
And
thus
,
though
surrounded
by
circle
upon
circle
of
consternations
and
affrights
,
did
these
inscrutable
creatures
at
the
centre
freely
and
fearlessly
indulge
in
all
peaceful
concernments
;
yes
,
serenely
revelled
in
dalliance
and
delight
.
But
even
so
,
amid
the
tornadoed
Atlantic
of
my
being
,
do
I
myself
still
for
ever
centrally
disport
in
mute
calm
;
and
while
ponderous
planets
of
unwaning
woe
revolve
round
me
,
deep
down
and
deep
inland
there
I
still
bathe
me
in
eternal
mildness
of
joy
.
