New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-22

~ ,,,s,n and Locked themselves fast again
IN The SEA midUsy between the two noalns wrecSs.
IN. Sc foaed aside, the broken ehus 1iooPlhs, vac
crew at the stern-greck clnglng 10 tne Suh"Sies'
9nc strylrg 10 hold fast 10 the oars 10 I@sh N
across -. -, ,,,,s -.
snapped, Ahab, the FIRST TO perceive tAe "'.o
tent hy the crafty upraislng OF his head' ~
ina, oosec his hold Tor the time a. thar moment AZ
hand al nj sde one final effort 10 push the ooa' o'-
OF the bite Blu; only slipping further mo he mas
mouth and fitting over siceways as IL sippeu, &c
roar had shaken of his hold on the Jaw spilled nih
out OF it, as he leaned 10 the push and so ne iei a
faced upon the sea. ,. Nh nh
row law al little distance, vertically thIusun5 MS
oblong white head up and down IN the pillows ana
a, the same time slowly revolving ms whole spiRded
body so that when his vast wrmkled foreheao rose
some twenty or more feet out OF the water-the
now rising sgels with all their continent waves,
dazzlluely broke against II vndlctiyeytosSng ther
shiyered spray still CHER Into the air soln gaze
the BIZ, hail baled Channel pillows only recoh from
the base OF the Edtysione, rlumphan1iy TO oVefeaP
It's summit with their scud -,
But soon resuming his horizontal attitude, Mooy,,
Dick swan swiftly round ana round the "IeCAc~
crew sideways churnlns the water IN Ms sehgelu,,
wake a. II flashing himself up TO stu anotheI dn9
more ceadly assault. The sight OF the spnniereu
eoat seemed TO madden HIM. as the oood OF grapes
ard mul0eTiies cast before Antioehuss elephants IA
the book Of MaccabeeS Meanwhile Ahab, hall
sinolhered III the foam of the whales lnsoient Tan,
and too much OF cripple to Swm-though ne coula
still kC" afOat, even IN The heart OF such WhtI-
pooI a., that helpless Ahab'S head was seen, Ike a
tossed bubble which the least chance shock might
burst From the boats fragmeltary stern, Fedallah
ncuriouSly and mildly eysd HIM the clnging crew
at the other drifting end, could not succorhm more
than enough was 1t for them 10 look 10 themselves.
For 50 revolvlngly appalling was the White Whales
aspect .and panetarlly swift the ever contracting
circles he made, that he seemed horizontally swoop-
ing upon them. And though the other boats, uh-
harmed still lowered hard BY still they dared not
pull INTO the eddy 70 strike lest that should De the
signal for the instant destruction of the JeoparsZed
castaways Ahab and all ner IN that case couldthey
themselves hope to escape. With strainlng eyes.
then, they remained on the outer edge OF the DIRE
fl zone, whose center had now become the oldmans
head.
Meantime. from the beginning al this had been
descrIed from the ships mast-headS and squarlng
her wards she had borne down upon the scene and
was now nigh. that Ahab IN the water hailed her
-" SAIL on the"-but that moment breaking sea
dashed on HIM from Moby-Dlck, and whelmed him
for the time But struggling out Oft again. and chanc-
ugto rise on towering crest, he shouted" SAL on
The whale Drive BIN of ~
The PoQuOC's prOws were pointed and breaking
up the charmed circle. sfe .fectually parted the
white whale from his vIctim As he sullenly swan
of. the boats few to the rescue
Dragged into Stubb's boat with blood. shot, blinded
ewes, the white BRINE caklng in his wrinkles the
long tension OF Aha5S bodily strength did crack and
hep!essiy he yielded to his body's doom for time,
lying al crushed in the bottom of Subb's boat, like
one trocden VI der foot of herds Of elephants Far
inland. uameless walls came from HIM, as dcsoiate
sounds from out rayiIes
Here we Will retire from the chase, which lasts
three days, no, having fancy to be IN at the
death We part with the adventurous phllo-
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did not get his head, for which we are indebted
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