New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-22
,r vopv nArv TRIBUNE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 90, 1851

ayes both PIPES smoked our - and withdrawing
! ms own from ms mouth stnbo scattered the deal
| ashes over The water and, FOR moment, ssoou
! thOughtfuly eyeing he vast corpse he had made
At last. Mob, Dick, the object Of such long
yigi ant, and infnrlate search, is discovered We
/ can only give the report of
TIE cHAsE-FIRsT DAY.
That nifht IN the mId-watch, when the old man
as lis wont AZ Intsrvals-siepped forth from the
scuitle IN which he leaned, and went % his PIVOT
hole he suddenly thrust out ms face, herce!y snun
ing up tire sea air as sagscious slIps dog VIII IN
! craving nigh 10 some 6ar0arouS Isle. He declared
that whale must be near. Soon that peculiar odor,
sometimes 10 d great dlsarce given forth oy the Nv
| ing sperm whale was papaoe TO al the watch nor
| was any mariner surprised when. after inspecting
the compass and then the dogyane, and then ascer-
tanning the precise bearing of the odor as nearly as
possible, Ahab rapidly ordered The shps course 10
| be slightly altered, and the sail TO be shortened.
| The acute policy debating these movements was
sufficiently vlndcated at dsybreak, BY TIE S,gnt -
long SLEEK on the directly and lengthwlse aheaf
smoo as OIL, and resembling IN the pleated watery
! wrinkles bordering II, the polished metal lc-'lke
marks OF some swift ude-rp, at the mouth OF adeep'
! rapid stream.
J. Man the mast heads, Call all hands"
! LAUNDERING with the butts of three c!uOoed hand
! spikes On the forecaste deck, Daggoo reused the
sleepers such Jueg ment claps that they seemed
70 exhale from the scut,e. so instantaneouSly did
they appear with theu clothes in their hands
"What dye seeln cried Ahao, faltening ms face
! 10 the sky.
Nothing nothing, sir :" was the sound halng
down IN reply.
Tgallant sails Stunsalls allow ana dioit, anu
| on both SIDES"
| All sail being set he cast loose the lifeline
| reserved for swaying him to the nam royalna
head ard IN a few moments they were hosting nun
thher, when, while bu, two-thlrdS OF the way alor
| and While peerng ahead through the horizontal va
csncy het~ cen the man-top-sai and top-galian-sa
| he raised gull-hke cry IN the AR. There she
| blows there She blows. hump like snow-1iil'
! II Is MCoy- Dick"
TDed by the cry which seemed simultaneously
~ lnfk nn mo
rushed to the rigging TO behold the famous whale
| they had Tong been pursuing. Ahao had now
gained his final perch ONE feet above the other look
Opts Tashego standing Just beneath hun on the cap
of ne top-gal sn,-nas.. so that the Indians head
was almost on a level "ltn Aha5's heel. From this
hight The " hale WAS now seen some mile ahead
a. every roll Of the revealing his high. sparkling
hump ana egulS<ly Jettng his silent spout INFO the
air To the creculous mariners 1t seemed the same
silent spout they had so long ago beheld nihe moon
| lit Atlantic end lnolan Oceans.
And did none of We see II before y cred Ahao
hailrng the perched men all around him
:" saw HIM almost that Same instant. SIR that Cap
| tain Ahab cid and Wed OUT" said Tashrego.
| Not the same instan. not the same-no, the douo-
loon is nine Fate reserved The doubioon or me
only zone OF We could have ralsedthe White Whale
tr>t There she blows! there she blows there she
blows, There again there again ~ he CRED IN long
oTawnhDreUng, mothodlc tones, a;uned to The grad
ual proloneings OF the whales visible Jets lie go,
| ng 10 sound, In stunslls, Down topgaanr sails
Stano by three beats. Mr. Star0uck. remember, stay
on board. and keep the ship. Helm there Luh,
| huff apomt So steady man. steady Intfe go
! FOXES, No, no; only black water! All ready the
! boats there stand BIZ, stand by Lower me. Mr..
>tarbuck lower. lo~cr-dulcA, quicker " and he
! Sid Though Tie air to the deck
He IS hea1ing straight to lee~ard. sir.n cried
/ Stuoh, right away from US cannot have seen The
I ship VET
! "Be dumb man Stand by the braces Hard down
the helm brace up, SILVER her ,-SAlver her 50
! wei mat Boats. boats
soon an the boats but star6uck's were dropped
all tie boat sails set all the paddles plying with
ripping svlftreSs, shooting to leeward and Ahao
htaoing the onset. \ pte ceaih-glimmer lit up Fe-
caat'S sunken eyes mdeous motion gna"ed MS
| mouth.
| Like noiseless nautilus shells, their light prows
/ sped through the sea but only slowly they neared
| The zoe. AS they neaTed nm, the ocean grew stli
! more smooth seemed drawing carpet over It's
waves. seemed IOos meadow, so Serenely spread.
| ~ Length the Hoaihless hunter came so ngh ms
seemingly unsuspectlng prey that his entire dazzDg
hump as distinctly yi>loe, Siding along the sea as
If an isolated thing AID continually set III revoly-
| ing ring OF finest, heecy. greenlsh foam. He saw
the vast involved "riDSles OF the slightly projecting
he ad bey ond. Before 1t, far opt on the soft Turkish
| rugged waters, went the glIstenIng waite sh ldow
| ifom has broad. milky forehead, musical ripping
| piayuiy ompaDy ing the shade and behind, the
! blue waters futerchangeably flowed over INTO the
! moving valley of his steady wake and on either
| hanu bright bubbles arose and danced by his side
! But these were broken again by the light toes OF
hundreds az gay fowl softly feahering the sea, al
'ernae with their fliul flight and like to some flag
sat nSDg from the painted hull Of an argosy. the
tall but shattered pole OF recent lance projected
|
of the cloud OF soiioed fowls lowering, and to and
| fro SHINING like canopy over the fish. silently
| perched and rocked on this pole, the long tail
| feathers streaming Ike penDons
| 4 gentle Joyousness-a mighty mildness OF repnse
IN sNIfnoss. invested the gliding whale Not the
white hull Jupiter swimming away ~lih rayished
Europa crngIDg 10 bis graceful horns; his lovely
lterng eyes sideways intent upon the maid with
| smooth bcwitchng neetneSS. nppling straight for
tie huDta bower in Crete not Joye, not That great
| majesty Supreme did surptss the glorlhed White
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On each soft sice-coincioent with the parted
swell that but once leaving him, then flowed so
WIDE away-on each bright side, the whale sned of
eItlCnp s. No wonder there had been some among
the hunters who DameleSsy transported and allured
by all this serenity, had ventured To assai II bur
had fatally found that quetude but the ves,ure of
| tomatoes. ct calm entlclng calm, Oh whale
thou oldest on to all who for the first time eye thee
DO matter how many IA that same way thou may'st
! have beuggled and destroyed before.
AHO thus, through she serene trdDquilies of the
| tropical sea, among waves whose hand-cldppngs
"eIe suspended by exceeding rapture, Moby-Dlck
moved on. still Withholding from sight the full ter
! IoTs OF his submerged trunk, entirely hiding the
| wienched hideousness OF his Jaw But soon the
fore part OF BIN slowly rose from the water for an
instant his whole maroleiZed body formed high
arch. Ike ElrglnIa's Natural Bridge, and warningiy
waving his hammered Gkes in the air, the grand god
revealed himself, sounded, and went out Of sight
Ho'eingly hating, and dipping on the wing. the
White sea fowls longingly fingered over the agi:a,ed
! rooi that he lett.
! Win oars apesk, and paddles down, the sheets of
their sails admit, the three boats Silly hOated
| awaiting Moty Dicks reappearance.
AN hour said Ahab Standing rooted in his boats
| stem and he eazed beyond the whales place,
| toward the dim blue spaces and vide ~oolDg yacan-
| cies 20 leewalc. II was only an instant Tor again
| his eyes seemed whiting round In his head as he
swept the Waery circle. The breeze now fresnened
! the sea began 10 swell
=" The birds the BIRDS " cried Tashtego.
| In !oIg Indian fle as when heroDs take wing the
| white BIRDS all flying toward AhaOs boat
| ana when within few yards began hutterlng over
the water there, wheeling round and round, wthJoy
Gus. exUectant crles Their vision keener than
mans Alab could discover no sign Ia the But
| suddenly, as he peered down and down INTO us
depths. he PROFOUNDLY white living spot. no Big
ger than a white weasel with wonderful celebrity up
TisHg, and Haenifyng as rose, TIL 1t turned, and
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