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But
before
she
had
made
her
first
plunge
,
Captain
Hull
and
the
boatswain
,
both
standing
,
had
had
time
to
see
her
,
and
consequently
to
estimate
her
at
her
true
value
.
This
jubarte
was
,
in
reality
,
a
whale
of
the
largest
size
.
From
the
head
to
the
tail
,
she
measured
at
least
eighty
feet
.
Her
skin
,
of
a
yellowish
brown
,
was
much
varied
with
numerous
spots
of
a
darker
brown
.
It
would
indeed
be
a
pity
,
after
an
attack
so
happily
begun
,
to
be
under
the
necessity
of
abandoning
so
rich
a
prey
.
The
pursuit
,
or
rather
the
towing
,
had
commenced
.
The
whale-boat
,
whose
oars
had
been
raised
,
darted
like
an
arrow
while
swinging
on
the
tops
of
the
waves
.
Howik
kept
it
steady
,
notwithstanding
those
rapid
and
frightful
oscillations
.
Captain
Hull
,
his
eye
on
his
prey
,
did
not
cease
making
his
eternal
refrain
:
"
Be
watchful
,
Howik
,
be
watchful
!
"
And
they
could
be
sure
that
the
boatswain
's
vigilance
would
not
be
at
fault
for
an
instant
.
Meanwhile
,
as
the
whale-boat
did
not
fly
nearly
as
fast
as
the
whale
,
the
line
of
the
harpoon
spun
out
with
such
rapidity
that
it
was
to
be
feared
that
it
would
take
fire
in
rubbing
against
the
edge
of
the
whale-boat
.
So
Captain
Hull
took
care
to
keep
it
damp
,
by
filling
with
water
the
pail
at
the
bottom
of
which
the
line
was
coiled
.
All
this
time
the
jubarte
did
not
seem
inclined
to
stop
her
flight
,
nor
willing
to
moderate
it
.
The
second
line
was
then
lashed
to
the
end
of
the
first
,
and
it
was
not
long
before
it
was
played
out
with
the
same
velocity
.
At
the
end
of
five
minutes
it
was
necessary
to
join
on
the
third
line
,
which
ran
off
under
the
water
.
