Moby-Dick: Chapters 55-60
Monstrous Pictures of Whales. Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars. Brit. Squid. The Line.
Chapter 55
Monstrous Pictures of Whales
I shall ere long paint to you as well as one can without canvas, something like the true form of the whale as he actually appears to the eye of the whaleman when in his own absolute body the whale is moored alongside the whale-ship so that he can be fairly stepped upon there. It may be worth while, therefore, previo…
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