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If
it
is
true
that
a
clockmaker
can
not
find
himself
in
a
room
in
the
presence
of
a
clock
without
experiencing
the
irresistible
wish
to
wind
it
up
,
how
much
more
must
the
whaler
,
before
a
whale
,
be
seized
with
the
imperative
desire
to
take
possession
of
it
?
The
hunters
of
large
game
,
they
say
,
are
more
eager
than
the
hunters
of
small
game
.
Then
,
the
larger
the
animal
,
the
more
it
excites
covetousness
.
Then
,
how
should
hunters
of
elephants
and
fishers
of
whalers
feel
?
And
then
there
was
that
disappointment
,
felt
by
all
the
"
Pilgrim
's
"
crew
,
of
returning
with
an
incomplete
cargo
.
Meanwhile
,
Captain
Hull
tried
to
distinguish
the
animal
which
had
been
signaled
in
the
offing
.
It
was
not
very
visible
from
that
distance
.
Nevertheless
,
the
trained
eye
of
a
whaler
could
not
be
deceived
in
certain
details
easier
to
discern
at
a
distance
.
In
fact
,
the
water-spout
,
that
is
,
that
column
of
vapor
and
water
which
the
whale
throws
back
by
its
rents
,
would
attract
Captain
Hull
's
attention
,
and
fix
it
on
the
species
to
which
this
cetacean
belonged
.
"
That
is
not
a
'
right
'
whale
,
"
cried
he
.
"
Its
water-spout
would
be
at
once
higher
and
of
a
smaller
volume
.
On
the
other
hand
,
if
the
noise
made
by
that
spout
in
escaping
could
be
compared
to
the
distant
noise
of
a
cannon
,
I
should
be
led
to
believe
that
that
whale
belongs
to
the
species
of
'
humpbacks
;
'
but
there
is
nothing
of
the
kind
,
and
,
on
listening
,
we
are
assured
that
this
noise
is
of
quite
a
different
nature
.
What
is
your
opinion
on
this
subject
,
Dick
?
"
asked
Captain
Hull
,
turning
toward
the
novice
.
"
I
am
ready
to
believe
,
captain
,
"
replied
Dick
Sand
,
"
that
we
have
to
do
with
a
jubarte
.
See
how
his
rents
throw
that
column
of
liquid
violently
into
the
air
.
Does
it
not
seem
to
you
also
--
which
would
confirm
my
idea
--
that
that
spout
contains
more
water
than
condensed
vapor
?
And
,
if
I
am
not
mistaken
,
it
is
a
special
peculiarity
of
the
jubarte
.
"
"
In
fact
,
Dick
,
"
replied
Captain
Hull
,
"
there
is
no
longer
any
doubt
possible
!
It
is
a
jubarte
which
floats
on
the
surface
of
these
red
waters
.
"
"
That
's
fine
,
"
cried
little
Jack
.
"
Yes
,
my
boy
!
and
when
we
think
that
the
great
beast
is
there
,
in
process
of
breakfasting
,
and
little
suspecting
that
the
whalers
are
watching
it
.
"
