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THE CAPTIVE. _For tn? Tr.bune.
? gl aaas ?<>?? IBas*mBSea , fit .'? n da fM coil ?<>maBe
H? ? ? l - u->i V X
bjlo?som of air! wh .?e brilliant winga
Expanding m Um summer -u.-i,
Scerr.ed kindred with all happy things
But yesterday?What hast thou done'
Caught in a .? Itter .y net of guile,
Bound with bright fetters, winged m ti n.
Ssveet zephyrs and the noontide ? imile
Bock and adorn thy destined pain.
Dad the light traeery gemmed w:th dew
Seem an a> rial mira< e,
So lovely it must needs be true*
Poor simple tieart' now ruuld et thou tell '
Struggle mioc more and thou art free,
Thy burnished pinion* poised to soar.?
Ot is thy sweet captivitv
So bright It gilds the fetters o er I
Poor butterfly ! those tender wings
Break wiih the chains thev ceau to e .r,
And closer still around thee clings
The subtle coriiage of the snare
Flutter, tall deaiii seem1 flow redres*.
Tet dream thy fate a Baity show,
he worst pang -pates thy -impU-ne-?> -
To know a rpi<W in thy foe ' ? w. n
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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tJOHT-DICK, Or. THI WaUU I HSBStA* hfj -
nut IIbit .pp. tii. lld?;.er ii Brothers.
Everybody has heard ol' the tradition
which ia said to prevail among the old salts of
Naatucket anil New-Bedford, of a ferocious
aionater of a whale, who i- pro d :i riinst .ill th"
arts of harpoonery, and who OCCaatOIUtlly amuses
himself with swallowing down a boat's ere at
without winkintr. The present volume h a
Whahad," or the Epic ??! that veritable old
leviathan, who " esteeweth iron as straw, and
laughs at the spear, tlx dart, and the habergeon."
no one Bsvaag able to " fill his skin With a barbed
iron, or his head Withmm hooks.' Mr Melville
gives us not only the romance of his history, hut
a freat mass ot instruction on the character and
habits til his whole race, with complete details
of the wily stratagem s of their pursuers.
The enterest ol the work pivots on a certain
Captain Ahah, whose enmity to Moby Dick, tin
name ol the whale demon, has been aggravated
to monomania In one rencounter With this ter?
ror of the seas, lie sutlers a siiMial defeat . loot I
a leg in the contest . fete a fare in Ins brain . N -
turns home a man with one idea . feel I that he
has a mission . t' .0 he is predestined to defy his
?me m y lo Mortal strife; tVsvotes himself to tin
fulfillment of Iiis destiny. with the persist?
ence Shad ceaaingof insanity gets possession ol
another vessel, ships a u<ud, supernatural
arew oi which Isltmael, the narratoi of tht
story, is a prominent membei . an ' altera " triad
huntsman's 1 base " through nnknown sees, is
the only one who re re ail s lo tell the destruction
of the ship and the doomed Captain Ahab by the
victorious, indomitable Moby-Dick.
The ?errativi ia conatrttctad in Herman kfel
ville'ii best manner, il combines the various
features winch lorin tin chief atttactionj of bis
style, anil is cofnmendably free from the fanlts
winch we have Ik lore bad occasion to specify 111
lam powerful writer. The intensity of the plot is
happily relieved by minute descriptions oi the
most homely processes ol the whale iisherv.
We have oseasional touches of the subtle mys.
licism, winch ia carried to such an inconvenient
excess 111 Mnrdi. but it is here nixed up with M
many tangible und odorous realities, that we
always safely alight from the excursion through
mid-air upon the solid deck ol the whaler We
are recalled to this world by the Ulmes ol "oil
and bluhbci," and are made to think more ot the
contents oi barrels than ot allegories. The
work ia also lull oi episodes, descriptive ot
at range aad original phases of character, One
ot them is coven 111 tin' com ncnceiuent of the
volume, I bowing how " miser) makes a man
acquainted with strange bed-it liows " We must
pass over tin.. 111 wlmh the avritei i.dates his
hint introduction to Queequeg, a Booth Boa
cannibal, w ho was Ins chum at a aailor board*
tug house in New-Bedford and afMrsrard ins
bosom tuend ami most devoted coafedarate.
We will make room bu tin obaiacieiistic chap?
ter, which describe-- the ripening of thrir ac?
quaintance into the honeymoon oi friendship
Returning to the BpoBbSt laa from tlie chapel, I
found tjliecipirg there .pnle.i one. he having lell liie
chapel 1? lore the brneuiclion some tune Hs wai
anting on s bstll h h? lore the lire, srtth hisfl SI on tin
atove hearth, aud in out- hand was holding el sts up
to bis fare that little negro idol ol his pessiBi, hard
into Ins luce, und with a |ack-knife gently whittling
awav at Us nose, meanwhile humming to hiiusell 111
his heathenn.h way.
Bat being uns interrupted, he put up tht image .
aud pretty soon, going to the table, lookup 1 la
hook Mete, ami pTactni it on his lap began counting
Me pajtes with iltlib, tali MgOABI Iv al cwr\ .illiclh
page- a? I huaeted amprjsjsa a moment, hH'kius va
aasasty around hHa, aad giving utterance to a long
Orawaaaeglmgwhiaileofaatoniahrnenl Hews Id
then begin agMin at the in vl lit] set uuu; to com
nience at BWahsi one 1 1 Ii t me. h> IhOUgeBS could
aot count knars than fifty and it was only by such a
large imiuhti ol hitu s being foun 1 together, thai hi
aaSjaatMaatml at the 1.. 1 hit ads ol pages a as e 1 1
With uuu I. halstsal I sat sratcaina him. Bavs is
though he was, and hldeoasly marred abo.it the ta 1
?al least to mv I ana hii oouatanatv 8 vet ha i boovs
thiag ui it which w is bv pdnaeansdiaagrei ibte You
cannot hide the soul. Thtnagh a'l hisiiaearthl] let
tooiags I thought I aaw the trace* ol a simple, honest
heart and in his inrce, deep etas, aery, Nack and
bold. Mare lasted lokeai ot a spirit th ti would dare
a MattiaaJeeetla tad besides all this, there a >
certa it loir, bc.11 me about the p.,an which even hit i
uneotitbni ss eeaM aot altogether maim IB :
like a man who h.i Beets cringed and never had
had a Otodilor. Whether n was, too, that his he id
being shaved, tus fort be id was drawn out 10 in er
and brighter relief, us til looked more expansive ' in
tl otherwise would.this 1 will not venture to de .
but certain it was. his bead was phrenologicaili an
excellent one It may seem n.bciilotts but it re>
?Mosd ate of Genera] Wa^hugaoa'a head, as ? 1
in Me popular busts ot h:m it had the aame long,
regio.o . ma . .i,'(
brows, which were likewise very projecting like ao
loug promontories thickly sroodea oa lop Quee
uueg was t.eor^e Waahinglon oanuibwliatiealh de
sea pea.
Wht'.e 1 w?? thus cVse.v a- .inning him. iialf ore
tenoiea meanwhile to be looking out al the storm
now the came easel, ha aavca heeded mv presence
?ever troubled suansall with - 1 a itch aa a tu its
KUnce. .ut appealed wholh occupied w ;'i eoant
tug Me pages of the marvelous innik. ( oneidcrri
how sociably we had been aleeptng together the
night ;tret.ou>. and sspi tly eoasid nog the aJrec
tioiute sun 1 bad lound t:u\.wn over me upon
waking m the atoning, I tl.ouuht th s mdiffersi ?
ot his veiv strange But savages are strange be?
ings at tunes tun do not kkow ev.i.tlv bow to
laaelheui At aVSt Mey are oventrtag thtircut
M'lf-c?>llcotedio s> oi siui{Uicity seams 4 Socniuo
wissJoni. 1 ha.t not.,,.; also thai (j as> a* ret
eamaorted at all. or but very Uttie,wSththeoMst
se men iu the inn. He made no advances whit
ever. aaajai ?rauio h.,ve ao iseatte to aalsigs ths in
eta of his Bc^nahMaaesi til th - saruek me a.<
unghiy su.sular ret, upee asocaad thoughts, Mete
was MuueMuig aaasaa sahiaaa at 0 Hera ?.v a
man some iwentv ihiHis^i... an laa frota ho ae ty the
w?\ of r.,pe 11.ui., ths; is?wh.cb was the iwilv way
tic lot.ld ?et there thrown amona people as strange
to bun as though lie were in the Jupiter
anu vttt.cn '. : 1 .' I s , ,s, ., M -
the utmost sereuiiv OOBtenl with his own com
IMniosiimip alwav? c,i.uai to ate Mil f>urt?K this
eras a touch o? fare phtwpht t.-osi^h ?0 doaht he
hsd never hearu there was sucb a thm - 1.1 Bm
asethait*. lobe true phibw.phers.wt DaortaJs aliould
uot be1 conscH>us of so iivn K or so strit mg So sikui
as 1 hear thai Mich or such a m?n msee hhnsclf out
lor a phUosopher, I conclude th ,t. like the dt ? >eoUi
?W wouum. he must hat c ?? broken lo.a uisesser "
b,,,nin.*.a ia lB lt now lMMrJ ??? s tne see
saasBaasB^aTa!^L^?l^*f^ *MgS vshea. aftet Its sVral
It^bwJh!.W?.Kn'd tte lw 11 lhf? only glow a to
- .kT., 1 .Ulf "?iiDg shacess aud phautoma
1^'?? ???w Me case met, ts, and peermg m u ?
m i emuTwetla TO lht> ^'??^ without
SV.T.b? I toll a m lTBW> l? W ???W? ?{ !t?<*
fee.ii.gs I fel a meltuxe m me. No more my aplui
tered heart and ?.aalde.ed hand were turned ag uast
the wolfish world. This atsothint aav.se hid re
desmsd it. There he sat. h,.\^Td.5etaee
easeahing a nature in which there lurked aw oiviuxed
hypocrisies ami Stand saneSM jjWj* h? WV!. ?
rerr ?igt t of iiehi? to ?ee jti-1 bizai U? "tealmy
?elf myvter>nu?lv d ann to**rd him. -^J?"*
?*?e ihn g? that would haee ???' '.^^Jl^n|
thev wer? the very ?**' f"th* * ? J? > 1 '
ftWf^l?eS Cere ^^f^
aaair to'.e be 1 ,, d him y .
uou'ht he looked pleased, pern*?, a IkVJs com
Piw7li$. turnfd over the hook lOgetkOf. sad I aa
dean-red to explain to him th- raarpoee of the prn.t
rnr.an? IkeraoBamgof Ike few l"r: ' ***** ?
u. it Tkus 1 so? engaged Bis uMereM and ? ?
Sat we went t? jabbt nog the best we conld about
thesarmus OOtOf fights to l>e seOB la this f????
town. Soon I propped a social nmoxe and, proda
rins Ms pout b and m.-iahawk. h ? quietly offered me
a puff And then w< ? Ufro-n ti*
old pipe of his, and keifte*, it u< ? BflJ passBBJ t-e*
tween us. .. , ? ,
If there vrt lurked anv l-e of tediffcrenee to war,
me in the Pagan's breast, IBM |. aunt, genial smoke
we had. soon thawed it out astd eft us er. He
seemed to take to me quite us Batnralry and aMMfl
dtnlvas I to him and when OTAT Smoke WSJ over,
he pressed hi? forehead ;-."iii/. Bar**, cUsp? l?se
round the waist,and said that koncefortk we were
married meaning in his e untry's phf?e. that we
were boson. fnencs. he would gladly die for me. if
need should be. Ia acountryown,thissud - il uae
of friendship would hare seemed tar too premature,
athmgfo be much di-trusted. but m tais simple
savase those old rules would not aj'plv.
Afer siij per. and another so a ? cnal and smoke,
we went to our room together, tie made me a pres?
ent of his embalmed head toek on- hi- enormous
tobaeco wallet, and groping under the toba -co, draw
out some thirtv dollars in lilrer; then spreading
them on the table, and snechunli ally divldiag Iheoa
Into t?r> e ual por'iei.-, pushed one ofthe a towards
me. and said it was mine. I was poit.g to remon?
strate but he silenced me by poorin* them Into my
troweers pockets. 1 let them stay. Be then went
about bis evening pravtes, took out his idol, an ! re?
move d the piper firenoard. By certain sitrni and
symptoms, 1 thought be seemed anxious for me to
join him but well knowing wha! wa- to follow. 1
deliberated a moment whether, in case he invited
me, I would comply or otherwise.
I was a sood ( hri'tiao born and bred in the bo?
som of tat infallJhle Preobiterian Church How
tt en could I unite with tins wilt idolater in worship?
ing his puce of wood ' But what is worship '
thought I. Do yon suppose now, rshiuael. that the
magaaniinnu- Cod of heaven and earth?pagans and
all Included?can possibly be jealous of an insigaifl
cant bitof black wood' Impossible! But what is
worship'?to do the will oi God?laal is worship.
And what is the w ill of Cod ?t,, do to my follow
muri wnat I would luve my fellow man do to me?
lket hi the will of God. Now, Qneeqoog is my fel?
low man. And what do ] wish that this ijueequeg
would do to me ' Why, onlbs wibh me in my pat
uiar Pre-t >!? rian form of worship. ( oBsequently, I
must then unite with him in Ins ergo. 1 must turn
idolntor. BO I kindled the (Barings helped [iron UP
the innocent iittle idol. offered linn burnt bks U?
with <i'ie'(jueg ralainod before him twice or tbri i
kissed his DOSS . and thai done, we uadrooaed and
went bo bed. at pence with our own em lienei - ?
all the world.
Dut we must go out to BOB with leb BBOs, H
we would witness ins most remarkable exploits.
We are now, then, in tlie midst ot thlafa, and
with good luck, may soon ret a sight of Moby
Dick Meantime, we may beguile our impatience
with the description of S rope, on which Melville
gives us a touch ol his quaint morali/iuc.-.
With reference to the whaling scene shortly to be
described, as weil as tor the better understanding of
all similar seem I? Im where prow Bted. 1 have here to
speak of the magna), sometimes lion ihie wh ile-iuie.
The line originally used in the li-hery was ot the
best hemp, sliuhtiy vapored with tar. not ImpTOgO >
ted with it, a* In the case of ordinary ropes; I ?r
while tar, as ordinarily med. in ikes the hemp nrire
pliable |e the iope-inak?-r. and also renders the rope
Steel! more convenient to the sailor .'or OOBUBOB ship
use yet, not oBljf would the ordinary quantity too
linn h stillen the whale-line for the ( lose coiling to
whK I ii iim-t bo sul looted . but av BMMt senint-n are
big ii.im g to II am, inr in ner.eral bv no means adds
to tin rope's dnrabllBy or itrength, kowerer much n
mav give it compact ncss and gloss.
Ot iate years the Manilla rope has in the American ,
fishery almost entirely superseded hemp as a mate
rial lor whale-iuu-. for. UMMagh not so durable as
lieinn, it is stronger, and far more tofl and elastic . !
and I will add (sJnos there is an esthetic! in all
tiiingr), is much more kandioBM and booooaina ba I hi
boat than hemp. Hemp is a dusky, iiark follow, e
suit ol Indian but Manilla is a golden-haired ChT
COSStBB to behold
The wliale-lmc is only two-thirds ol an inch in |
tsBchneee. At first sight, yoa would oot think it so
stroiiK SS it really is by experiment its one Bfld
liity ) ams will each suapaavd awainataf aavaBiaav
died and twi iity youiiLS, so that the v. hob- ? u ill
bear a strain nearly equal to three tuns In length the
eoMBsn spitm whaie-itiic measures something orer
tw?i bundled fnthotna. Tow Bid the stern id the boat rt
is spirally coiled away in the lab, not like the worm
pipe 1.1 a Mall, though, bint no ae te form one round,
ehoeeo-shaped mass of densot) bedded ?- iheat c-," or
layers ol concentric epiralisations, without any hol?
low but the '? hiairt.'' BS kiiioite vertical tube formed
at the aviso! bhe oheeee as the least tangle or kmk
in ti e eoilu u. would, In running nut, BtfaiBbty take
?oosebedy'i arm. kg, or entire Body oat, the utmost
pgecantMB is Bead n stowing tke ime in its tub.
BoBse karpooneri v?pi conenme almost au enure
BBornlag hi Uus bus knees carry uik tbe line high alofl
and then leering it downuard througb s block
toward the tub. so as in the a. -of coiling to free it
liein all po.-sibie win kit s andItrMtS
In the English boats two tnbt are used instead ol
one. the same line bring 0 Bitmnoasly coiled ia both
ttdis There Ie tome advantage In this,bei ause these
twin take befogrosnsall thoj fit more readily into
il e boat, and i o not strain i: so much . w BBeena, the
fimertnen tub, nearly three teal in rtltractor and of
proportionate i epth, makes a rash*rbolky BeigM for
aeran whoee ataaka are hot one-half inch in iniek
nrss for Hie bOtUMB of the whale-boat is like critical
lee. which w i; bear up a oonraderable distributed
Weight, but not very much ol a concentrated one.
Whin tin painted canvas cover is i lajijied oi tue
krnsrterai line-tub tic boat look- is il it were pull
ii god w Ith a prodigious great weddicg caki to pre
: ? to the whali?
Both endl of the line an etrmsed, the lower end
seresinaliag la an eyi egdaee or loop coming up from
the bottom ifainM tae snie ei the tub, ana h.uignig
over its idge OOmpBstety disengagtd from every
Ihng This arrangea enl ofthe lower end i? neces?
sary en two aooounbi his-, la order to facilitate tue
(esttaing to it of an additional imc from a neighbor?
ing t oat. in ease tht stricken ?11 > iho d sound so
d?i |i as to threaten tocury oil the ? m.re m origin
alrj attached to the harpoon. In the-,- msi;mces.
the whafo of coarse is shifted like n mug o iic, .- n
were, trom dM one u>at te the other though the
fits: beat always hovers ?t hun t to sei M ill c au el
Beeoraf, khM arrangement is indispi Oi i dc for citu
saea mfety's s?he; for were the lower end ofthe
I i e Hi any way attached to the boat, and were the
ahalo thaa to ma the hae eel to the en ! dmostm
a single, trookil g n unite as ke soun tunes does, lie
j would not stop mere, tor the doomed boa: would in
I frdisarr be dragged dowa after him ini<> the pmuin
I arty of the si.. and ia that ease no tow n cricr would
ev > r Ind her Ht-ain
Behre iowetmg tin boat for the chaif. the- upper
! et.il o* the line is takeu aft bom the tub and passing
round the kwgerhead ih.-re. ii as itn carried forward*
Btorsrare hnrgthoftke boat, raetuig cressaiseup
en the loora or handit- of evrrr ? in's o ir, so tn.c it
pffsai iinst his wrist ia row nj and also par-gmg
between tk< men. aether ? ternttely sir at theoppo
n-e gaawales.to the leade.i eaocki oi groorcs in trie
extreme pointed new of therx.ai. where a woodeu
inn or skewer, ibe stM nf a oommon .mil. prevents
illbomslippB>8 out. Prom tae enoeks, u hangs in a
sngbt mttoon ov*r the bows, and is then passed in
? i ot ihi boat agate aad some n n oi ideutv fath
>ui sailed aox4?w|B*tegetehsdupotithe ^.t tithe
U.ws it OOt wees fti Wav to the g- iw ale ftlll a i'ttle
rmueraftand u thenatta kodtothi sh >rt a .r ? -the
rope which isitaniedlatelj oonnecied with the bar
BW n buttirevion-tothat cogjeoetloo the short warp
-?< < i through laadry myMancaimns tin> tedjus to de
tau.
Thaethe whatehhe folds the wiio;,. boatm its
coinpiieated col g tw i>ui r and a rtthin ? iroui d :t in
almost eteiy cirec: on. All the oarsmen arc m
roued ta iupeguom nratertieai so that to the nm
.i^m! r' , ;*nc*ini.iu t,?i sr.ia Indian jugglers,
with the.leadnest s?;tkes sportiveay festnonkg the*
tu ? ''aitHtiv Moot mortal woman, for the
? I". Ol- SU S. ..1 hlU.s, ? lL, I ,., ,., ,?.,.
?^'tn T ?'most at'the oar be
thii k Mm thai at mi? unknown instant, the harr>.h,n
mav be darted, and all there hcrr.tie conu?rt.oit? be
raw te pteg fak a rtenad bghajthrae; be cannotbethus
c.rc u.stai.ctd without a shudder that ntakaathe twrr
ma-low ot Bis bones to Qwiver in him like a shKken
je.'ir > *t haNt-strarge thing! what ennnot habit
ac amnnth -Carer sall-es. more merry mirth bet
t<i ok,s. ai.d brightvr rtts.rtees, you never heard
o*er yournmbogany,than you wild hear over the
half-itch white ctdar of the whale-boat, when thus
burg BJ hangman's inxveet and. like the six bar
ghere of Calais before King ftd ward, the <u men cor?.
I. Nil g the crew. pull inu> the jaw s oi deata, with a
halter around every neck, as y ou nwv s ij
I'erhaps a very little thought will cow enable you
te eeraaal for those ie[>ea!*\i vbalhnj disastefs?
same few o! which are casuatlv chronicle.:?o! this
I ? or that man benii: takeu vmt of the :>oat bv the
tine, and lost For. when the Ime is darting out. to
be seated th?n in the boat, is like being seated m the
mau of the manifold whiziings of a steam-engine
in lull play, when every flying beam, and shaft, and
whie', is grazing you It M worse for von cannot
y motteaJeeste the heart of these penis, because
the b*at is rocking like a cradle, and sou are pitched
oi e war and the othi r. witfcout tbe tightest warn?
ing, and only by a certain self-adjusting buoraacy
ai.S smioltaneousiiess o! vob?on and action. c;.n you
escape btmg made a Mazeppa ef, and runawa. with
I where ibe all-?ec;ng si a kiwil cot.ld never pierce
?' Keuu. as the profound e?lf which crdy apparent
i fvnreei rjet a; <i picpecstcs of the ?t.>rm. Is tverh ine
pm>>e awfad th?a the ???na rta**T; far. andesd. we
ra m i bat tb* wrapper and eaeasop of the **.->rm
i and contexts it ia it-elf as the teeming ly harmless
'?'? . h Ida .he fatal po?<'cr. aa 1 lhe ball, aa i the ex
sjaasoa to the graeefol repcae al the line, aa it
$i entil 'erpetrtir es about the oarsmen ocfo-e being
brcesitfate actual play?tail is a ti.mg which <ar
ne? BaraeoftTW terror than nnv other aspect of this
daaactoai sfUir Btst wby saynaora ? 411 aasm tree
; eu?eioi?-n in whale-in rs. All are horn w .tu halter*
roeadtheirni ks, butitiaanlj erben caught ta the
I iwtft ea dea turn ef death, that aiortala raalixe the
stfent. ixsbile svcr-piasant satrtss af Ufa tad if yen
be a philosopher. thongs seated in the whalu beat,
v a won c. not at heart feel oaa whit more ef terroTi
i if an though teat dnc'or?. your evening lire w.:h a
paler,and not a Imrpooa, B>) yo.rr.de.
Wa are now ready to kill our firs: whale.
Here fat tbe transa ct it n La full:
kiuim * sraiaxa.
If loSearboak the taparitttm of the Bcjaad wa? a
thn p of portents, to Qnceqnog it wai quite a didor
er.t ob ect. , .
?? Wj en you see him. "quid." raid th" savage, honing
' Lis hainosa m the now ot bis hoisted loa:. ?? then
I you qxuek see him *parm vrfaahe."
i ' The next tfay waa ei - a ingty still and sultry, and
; ar.h aothii c itjeeial ho engage them, me Paajrj d i
' erase could ftardlj resist the spoil ot aieep tanased
t.y each a vacant sea For tins part of the Indian
0 ran uroogh which wi were then voyaging is as*,
what whaleaaei] ca.l a lively ground that is. it
BaTbfds fewer giimp-e? of porj?oi?es, dolphins, flying
fsb. arc other vivacious aeabmni of more attrnasj
watt rs. than those 11 the Hio o< la Plata, or tae in
1 shore ground off Pan.
It was my tern to stand at the roTtiassthead .
' sad with my shos?den leaning agatM the sIick
| tried royal shromis. to and tto 1 idly waved in what
I named sn enchanted au No resolution could with
! stan<i it at that dreamy mood lostng all cexasciom>
I ness. at last mv ?oul went out of tuy oody . ttvoejgb
1 my tody contmw d to s .v ay a.- a p< adttlam will, long
: alter the power that moved it ta withdrawn.
Kre fornetfulne*-' ..ito.-i U , r e.one .no nie. I had
noticed that the at smea en the m iht sad adaea mast
heads were already crowsy. So that at last all
thn r of us lifelessly swung from ihe -p.rs. and for
i every swing that we made there a ll a Bod f'om
' beiow from the slumbering befaiaman. Tl'3 waves,
I too. nodded thnr indob at create; aad across the
i wine trance Of the sea, e.i?t ma.-- ad to w< St, and the
1 taa over all.
Suddenly bubbles seemed burst ng beneath my
'< closed eyes, like roes mv bandl grasped the
j shrouds .'some invisible, graeioua igeaey piasarved
i me. with a shot* I came bank to life Ami ta!
c'o-e ondet our lee, not forty fathomi on", a gtgaatlc
Bperm Whale lay rolling m tbe w ator like the cap
j s.7f?f bun of a fr.yate. hiM.ri.ad. .n'o^y back. an
; Ethiopian hue. g Ha tea hag in tfaessmto rays like a
j aurior. Bet lastly undniatiag ia the ttfottghol tue
: sea. and ever and Bnontranquillyapoutlnghisva
porv jet. the whale loo..- i like a portly burgher
. smoking hi* pipe of a warn, aftiriioon. Bat tint
' pipe, poor wnaJe, was thy list. As u' strack bj
gome mcbai.tei's wand, the sleepy ship and every
; sleeper in it all at once started into wsJmfniherss;
am more than a BOOfO of voices from all par s of the
i vessel, simultaneously with the tbne notes trom
i alt ft. shouted forth the accustomed cry. a< tbe great
fish slow iv and regui.triv ipouti i tin ipa rklhig brios
' mto the air.
" Clear away the boats! i.u ff''' cried AJhah. tad
I obeying his own ordt r. he daabed the helm do era
before the h? Itnwnan . ould handle the ipokei
\ The sodden exclamations ol the ?*rew must hare
alarmed the whale , and ere the boats were down,
cm esticailv turning,he warn away to the leeward,
but with saeh a steady tranquility, and ma king sn
few ripples h?- he sw am, tint thinking after all he
might not as yet be alarmed, khab gave orders tna?
! not an oar saxtakl hi Died, and no man must speak ?
but in whispers. Bo seated like Ontario Indiana on 1
the gunwales of the boos, we BWiftlj b tr ideally j
i paddled along, thcoalm not ad mil f in g of the not SO
(en sails being SSt l'rest i.tlv. as we thus glided in
chase, the BBOBSter perm nuicularly flitled his tail
: forty feat into Ue air. and than sank onto; tight
like a tow er IV allow ed up.
?? There go flukes'." waitlie crv.an Baaoancemeat I
; lmmet'iairly followed by Btubb'l producing Ins 1
match and [patting in- pipe, for now a respite was
granted. Atter the full interral of bis i uniting had
al speed, ths whaie rose again, and being now in ad?
vance of the a.in ker's t;,..tt an I H a n DeSiertO it
than to any of the <>;heis. dtubb counted uixm tue j
honor of the capture-, it nras obvious now that the
vvliale had -'t Icmrth become aware of In- pursuers.
A;l silence of eaaiioosjM ss w,;s, tbevsdbra, no loagar
of use Paddlss ware dropped, and oars-ein a kmdty
into play. Ami l till pufBl g al .'us pipe, ."stubia oficercd
on hi* crew to the assault.
Yes. a mighty cham e had come over Ihe fish til
alive to in? jeopardy, be was going ?? be id out." tu tt
part ohlkjuely projecting iro n the road yeast which
he brewed.
?' Start her, start her, my men ! Don't hurry your
seht s t.tVe plt i.lv ol tum?but start her . etart tier
like thunder-claps, that's all," cried Bwbb, splatter
not nut n.c smoke it* he spoha. "s;,4rt bar, now
give 'em tbe loog ami strong stroke, Tashteg i.
stait ln-r, Taah, my boy -tart i.?r, a l hoi keep
t ool, keep cool?cucumbers is the word?easy, easy
? only start bet like gum death a.id grinning devils,
ar.d raise the buritd dead perp'-n ocular out of the r
graves, boya?that's all. start her' "
M VVoo-aoo ' Wa lire'" rcreained the G ty-Hoadse
ta reply, raising tome old war-whoop to the skies,
as ererv oarsman tan the itramad boat involuntarily
bounced forward with the one tremendous leading
?Ii ke which tht ea'nr Indian gave
Hut Iiis wild scrciiiii were answered by others
i quite as wild. "Kee-heel aTee kee'" pelted Dag
goo, itraintrg forward and backward on his Beat,
like a paems tiger in Ins cage
??Kaja' Koo la!" bowled Qnssqesg, as if sssaek>
ing hiS lipa over a BlOUUftllof (.'renadier's steak. I
: And thus with oars and yells the keels mit the sea.
I Meanwhile, Stubh retaining t.is place m the van,
1 buMaaoamaged aiamea to tin- onset, all tbe while
puffhaa the imoki from ins mouth. I.ike daspssnv
: toistbev taped BOd they strained,'ill ?."? welcome
try was heard ??stand uo, Tashtago!-gtte it to
I'm'" The harpoon was hurled. "Mara all!"
The OarSBDOB ba-ket1 water, the same moment
something went bot snd htsabsg aloag avery one of
their wmvti it w n me magtcal line, ha mstam
1 i'ore. Stubb had Bwtltfj caught two additional
turns with it ronad the loggeibead, whence, by
! reast u of us Increased raj iu cinUnae, a heaspaa
h ue smoke row jetted up and mingled with the
steady lames frcm his pipe. Aa the line p.iss.-d
rottaa aad resaad the loggerhead so also, just b*'
fcee reaching that pouat, it blliaeiiBgli pissed
IhlxWAeh and tlrmagh both ol -stubb - hands, from
which the hand Cloths, OT Squares Ol quilted c iiiva*
?CSasejaaes WOta at these tin.es. liHCl a cr'entally
dropped. It was like holding an enemv's sharn
two-edged -word by tie olade, and that enemy ad
the tune strii'.nc to wrest it oat of ve.ir clutch.
'? Wi t the line ' wet the line ' " crie ! Stnob to the
tu'' osnmaa (him Mated by the tobj won, matehiag
ofi lus hat, dashed the sea-water into it. M ire
turn* wt re t..ke:.. -e tb.-.: ::?? line : ec oi n.d.l.itg ts
alace. The boat now flew through Ike boilTOg water
nke a sh.,rk ah lins. Btubb and Taaahage here
Chsntad places- stem for >lem-a staegermg busi
nt st trulv in that nvking coaxnaotsosv
1' tt mibe til rating hasextendiag the entire length
ol the oi per p .n aftae boat, and from its now being
ii i re lint than al. apstriog, reu would have thought
t: e CT all f.a I two keel.-?unecicariniT the water, the
other tha air?as the beat okurned on through ban
ling elements at once. A continual evevde
i it ed at the bows a raasclaas srhirintg eddy fat her
wai.t air'. .,t the lUghtaatSBOtlon from within,even
M t a litte finger, the vibrating, cracking craft canted
our her spHsUux ic gunwale into i!ie sea. Thus
they rttshiu each man with adghtand atata eatag*
mg to his leat, to prersnt belag [ossod to the fnrr
i I the UH form of Tashle.-o at the steermn o n
croachlas a'most double, uu-n'ei to bring down his
? inter of gravity Wbo.e Atlaatlcs and PasdsVca
Keaaadnas id ssths] ihot oothairway,tiilatismga1i
tha whali somewhat slackened hh) flight
?? Ban] in?haul in!" cried Stubb u> the bows-nan
I and. facingrensdtoward the whale, all Bajatabe?
lt an pulling the boat ap to lam, while yet the boat
a e being towed oa. Boon ranging up by his flank.
Bi bb, irmly planting his knee in the clumsy cleat,
d; uro d-.rt >? ? rt mto tbe flimg f.sh . at the weed
I comi ?!..' ihe oat svJtertiately atarahag oat of the
v? ij of ti e wtsstteebotrMc wai'iow, anu'tne i raas>
! ins op for another fling.
I Ti e red tice r rjw ; oared from .ol sides of the mon
*ir like brooks dovva a hilL His tormented body
io Ice set in bru.e bui in blood, which bubbled and
m tthed for furlongs btkicd in their wake The
slat tu g >a;i playing upon this crimson pond in the
sia. ten:. an, .is it-r.eetion into curt face, so that
ths y all e ow*d to each other like red men \nd all
the win e, let after jet of white smoke was aeon v
hsgty *hot from the tpirade of the whale, and vehe
Baeai peaTalter panttVom aas mouth of ihe excited
beadsaaaa .-ht every earl, hauling bjj tlt>,,n n,s
CTCOked lance by the line attached to it i <;ubb
straightened it urain and again, by a few mat 1 blows
against the gunwale, then again'and again ?ent it
in'o tl e w! : .
?? l'uil u; ?pull ur " he now cr.edto thebowarnan
as the waning whide re.axed in his wrath -Fall
!?' 'r eloSj0 and !ht haal rangtd along the fish's
k. \\htn. reachn g far over tbe hew. Smbo
itowtj churned hi? loaa sharp lance into the hsh
and kept it tt.eie. axetuliv churning and churning
as if raun aaly seeku ir to fee. after some gold watch
, thai ti.i wh ile ini^h" have swallowed, and which be
w?, 'earful id breakm? ere he could hook it out
But th a gold wut.-n he sought was the innermost
bfaot'!.. ash tmi now it is struck for. nartma
j tr. m his tram e uitothat unsp?aka6le thing Ca''kd
I k,1^fiurnr' tre ???ohiraeBBhH wallowed hxlS
- < virwr.p, ci himself m tmoenetrable mad
fx mi g spray, ao that tae impenied craft, WMM
ctopimgasttrn. had much ado bundly tortrueale
5* *oa thafl iren^ied twilight mto the & w
Ano BOWBl .teem his flurry.the whaleonr-e more
Mud out i. to view aawag mm s.ce IvS
ina-nocually dilating and .onrrintii:* his Sll,?x.
hole, aithiharp. cracking, agonized res;/uaimns
At last, tvtt a-trr v?b of c!o;te.? red sot- ?ahTa
bad in i I. e purple ites^f reo wme shot :n:oihe
/rirfctrd rr , ?r.e falling hack .veaw. n?n dnppi"
ccwn Li- ii c?Li..i ts ?-j.ss into tue (??.* His ne-r,
?, i bum
? p.'s dead, Mr Btubb " raid Oasen>
" fee r-oth pipes ennilod aa)'" aa . wHhdiawtag
kiaoars ii ? htaaawtn, stub i seuSterad tae deal
. his ow tike '-.?'ir and. fur a asOBSOnk, s.oxl
[ , i atttfull) eyeini <ne va-i rorpoa he bad made.
At last, M, bj-Dick, the object of sock long
er?, ar.d infuriate search, is du juven it. We
can IMUJ piu' tiie report uf
no Daaav-^nasr pay.
Tta* Ii.? bti in tbe n.id-watch, when toe "Id ni.in?
a? bis rraat at Intervall stepped fortfe Irani the
ffuttie ir, which he IsanatT, *i a went; ? hi? pi rot
hol? b? ssn* en J 111 last mil bis (ace, fiercely snurf
tag aa Ike aea air aa a rag ei ere sup's doe will, in
crawltg nigh to seme baro.trou* isla He doe Band
that aw.ia . nra t be rear Booe Ikjatpecnlinr odor,
teeaethnee to a great dun em girea forth by tko Irr- ,
Bsfi^iaa whale. ??? pnp.ir.le ie aU the watch nor !
?.is aay nurti.tr inrpnssd whea, after inspecting
thee n pas- and then trie dog-vane, a .d then as'-er- :
ta n Bg ti a preehw bearing of tbe odor .is noarty ai ;
Boowala, Aaaarnptdly moored the ship's course to
bb Sltgktly altrrrd. and tbe sa.l to be shortened.
Tko acute policy dictating these nveineMts eras
siifl'ciit .1; v.;.d:ea:ed at daybreak, by t:.e vgnt <*' a \
long Sleek OB the <ea directly and lengthwise ahead,
rn.o?' k BO Oil, and 1010 mini Bg in the BSOOtOd waterv
wrinkles Bordering it, the iM-lishcd metal ic-uke
?arks of some swut tnle-np, at the BaOOth of adeep,
rapid s'ream.
?? Man the mast hea '<=' Call ill hands!"
Thundering aitk the baths of three Blabhod kand
apfkesoa the lorecai-tlc dock, Deggoo roused the
sie? per? w ith such judgment claps that they seomi d
to t xhale from the scuttle, so instantaneously did
ti.ev SI peai w ith theur clothes in their hands.
'? \\ hat d'ye see ' " erieu Ainu, ila'teiinig his face
to the sky.
?? Nothing, nothing, s:r '" wi< the ?ound hnlaie
down in teply.
'* Tgallant seile! gtnnenile! alow aad aloft, and
OB both s'des, ! "
Ml s;;;l being sc*, he BOW o Bl lo..sc the life line,
roasirod for swaying tum to the main royal-mast
beau . ai o in a lew moiuerm they were hoisting rum
thither! when, while bUl two-tnirds ot the way aloft,
and while peering ahead through the horizontal va?
cancy hi tweea the mam-top-saii and top-gallaiif IOlli
be rawed I eu'llike cry'm the air. ?? Th're she
blow IberoelM biOWS! A hump like a msb as hill!
It is Moby-Dick!n
i bad .??> the .rv which seemed simultaneously
t.ik'ii up bj the tliree look-outs, tlie men OO dock
ruahed to the rigging to Deludd Ike famous whale
Ike) bad so long been pursuing;, .thai had now
gaini o Ins final pi rch.ioiiicfert above the other look
o-.t-. Tashtego steal Bg jost beneath bun on the cap
ofthe lop-gallant-mast, SO trat tue Indian's he id
was aimer! on a level with aJMttcS heel, ^'romthn
bight tbe a hale waei ..w si en torns sails or so ahead,
... i sei v roll of ihe ?ea rerealmg ins Ugh. sparkling
bump, and leiiiltrly jetting kie atlOBt spu.tt into the
air. To the .reunion.-- martneri it seemed the s .me
gift id Spoat thev bad so long ago be hi Id m liie moon?
lit Allan re and Indian Oceans,
" And did none of ye BBS it br'ore ' '* cried \hab,
bailing II c perched ntea all around him.
" l saw bunalsnost thai s.nnc instant, s;r. thai? ap
tufn Ahab did, and l oried out," said Tesbtogo.
"Not the same instant not the mmc bo, the doub
loon is Bune . Pate reserred the doubloon 'or mi /
onlj tone of ye coord here raised the HThite Wkale
tri t'rn re she blows! there she bi.ws' iBeie ehe
t lan -' i:.' re again' then- again "' he cried, ia long
i rawn.lii ci ring, methodic tones, attaaod tothegrao
ual )>ri loof ingsol ti e whali 's v tsible ji ts ?? He a so
? ig to Bound. In s* uns ?!s' Dowo top-gaUaavevIs!
stand bj three bi ata Air Starbuck, remember, s;av
on board, and keep the ihip Helm there! Loa,
rug a point! Bo steady, com. steady' There go
A '.i- >o, no. only black water! All ready tue
.tlurc' ktaBd by, aland by! Lower me. Mr.
Starbuck . lower, !o*< r?quick, quiclu i " aal he
slid i hioogh t! e air to Ihe d< cic
"He s kenotog '"-aciit to leeward, lir,"cried
Btabb," right awaj Irma as . cannot bars seen tha
ship w;.'
??in dumb man' statu' i' thobrnoos! Hard down
Iho beha!?daaco ap! BhtrorlssrJ?ebtreThef! Bo
we l ii? Boatf.boata!"
Sei :. tue boats bot Starbuck'l were droppa I .
all ti t boat sails ret?all Ihe paddles plying with
rippling swiftness, shooting i<> leeward and kbak
f.i .a n,k th" onseu A ji US death-glimmer lit up Pe?
dal sh's sunken eyei a kideooa motson gaawed hat
u rmt!;.
l ike BOHOless BBUtitot shells, their light prows
spin through Use tea; baton!) slowlytaeyaearad
the foe. As thej Beared htm, tin ocean grew suit
more imooth; seemed drawing a carpet over ha
mm ., -f i med BBOOB meadow,SO serenely it S| read.
At lei gta the brenthli ss i.unter came so nigh his
gromingl) nmaspi cting prey, that his enure dasattag
bump a as distinetly ristole, slrdinR along the sea as
it an isolated thing, and continually set in a rcvolv
Ingring oi finest, noecy, greeBtsb foam. He saw
tha rast, iarolred wrinKles ot the sUghtly pr.>jecfiii','
bead beyond, lieioie it, far nut on tue son Turfchsn
rugged waters, went the glistening walte snniow
lr< m bis broad, milky forehead, a musical rippling
playfully accompanying the shade and behind, the
nine wa;ers Interchangeably Sowed over into the
movingvallej ot his steady wake, ami on either
band brightbubblt laro a and danced by his side.
Botthese were broken ogam by the light toes of
bnndiedsOf ga) fowl tOttfy leathering the sea, al
?? n ite with their fitful fUgnt; and like !o some flag
???ait rising from the pauattd hull of an argosy, the
tall but Shattered pole of a recent lance projected
from the white whale's i>a kj and at intervals one
of the cloud of s< It-toed fowls borertng, snd to and
faro skimaung like a canopy over the fish, nientiy
perched aad km ki d on tin- pole, the long tail
leathers sire iming like pennons.
.a gentle joyoosness?a mighty miktneee of repose
in swiftnese, invested the giiomg whale Not the
white lull .Jupiter in bnmina away with ravished
Europa clinging to bis graceful horns, his lovely,
BeringeyeasMsvrays inlent upon the maid with
smooth bewitelnng tleetncss, rippling straight for
u.i l i t id bower ib Crete not Jove, not thai great
majesty Supreme! did surpiaa ihe glorified VVtnte
Wi ale a- be so dirinely swam.
On euch loft sice Mil chlOBt Wltb the parted
swill, that hut once leaving linn, then fknved so
ante away oa each bright side, the whale sued of
ei tii ii gs. No wonder there had been some among
the bunten who. namelessly tr.u.s;iorted and allured
by all this serenity. had rentnred to BSSatl il but
bed fat.oly round that qatetude but the vesture of
tor&adoeo. ? et eaba, eatieiag calm, oh whale'
thou glides' on, to ail who for the Irst time ? fa thee,
no n. ittCT bow inai y in that same way tbOB maj 'st
ii re tt Bggled and <!? stroyed before
m c thus, through the sereae tranqailitieeof the
iropical sen. among waves whose hand-clappings
were su.*pei.d?d by exceeding ra^diire, Moby>DtCB
moveii on. *i'ii arithbosding irom sighl the lall tar*
int.- of his inbmerged tr.nk, entirely hiding tne
Urtencbsd hiueouscrss of his jaw. But soon the
lore part ol I nn slowly ro e from ?.he water lor an
ins laal f.is whole marbleixed body termed a h.gh
ar. :i. like Virginia's .Natural ?rn'ge. and warnmgly
w .vine btl bannered flukes in the air. the grand g.jd
revealed kimeelf, aouaded. and want oat of s.ght
Boveitaglj batting, and dipping on tha wmg. tae
white .-ea fowls longingly huge red ovtr the agitated
pool that he left
V\ i:n oar* apeak, and paddteS down, the siieets of
their I ails adrift, the inree bo;il*|.oiv Stilly BBOted,
awaitmg Mob) Di It's reippooraaea.
"An kOOr,nsah1 Abab, s-andtngro.)te.t in Ins boat's
stun and he eeasd t>e>\< n 1 |ae arBale'i nbsee,
t' w.ird tne dim bfOS spaces and wide wiaung vacan
cies to leeward, it w as only an instant tor again
bis eyes sensed whirling rourd in his head as he
sv.ii : ihe watery circle Tn* bree/e now Irestiened
'.be -ea beg-in to s?ell
?' 1 he birds '-the birds' " cried TashtOgO.
In lor g Indian file, as when fcerong t..'s0 wing, tbri
white bntde srare bow all dying toward khao'e boat.
aad when withm a tea saedsbegaa ttuttering over
Ike water there, wheeltag roaad ind round, with joy?
ous, ezpectnnt, cries Thatr rfcaloa was keener thin
mil'.- ftkab faaihl itlsrarm no sign in Ike ssa but
snodanlv, as lie peered down and down Ibbb its
dt pthe, he pro'oundlv sa-.v a vvhde living.spot.no o.g
gertbea a white weasel, with wonderful celerity i\>
riMi-g, and magnlfring as il rose, till it turned, aid
tht n there were plainly revealed two lone crooked
raws ol whhe, glistening teetB, Soatiag ap from the
LDdi.'Cf.veraMe bottcm it was Motvy-Dtek'i open
mot th and sen died jaw h's vast, shadowed bulk
rti.l ball blei dirg with the blue of the sea. The
gbttcnag n.outh yawi cd beneatn the boat like an
i pcn-di or. d marble tomb . and giving one sidelong
its nop with i is steerm? oar, Ahali whirted the craft
iah ( meal il l- tremendous apparition Then, call
ingupoi PedsHektochaagepsacoswitk him, went
forward to tie lows, and seizin', Perth's harpoon,
,.... i .i di d bis crew t?. grasp their oars and stand by
to Mem
Nowr,byraaaeaef ahnt ttoseiy eprnitsBg round the
boat upon nsaiu, itsl^jw. by anticipation, was miuie
10 face the whale's head wmle vet under water.
B t. as it lerceivingthis ftrataee'm. Mobv-Dick. wr.h
it BWltrrnns intelligence asenbed to bim. sideling
iv Baneplanted himself, as it were, m an instant,
11 ling his pleated head lengthwise beneath the
beat.
Through and through througb ererv piaok and
. k iSb, it thrilled for an instaut, the whale 0Dln;ue
i \ mg on his Back, in the manner of a bitine shark,
?lowl) and teelii.glv ukme iu bows full with.n its
mouth, so that the long, narrow, scrolled lower jaw
, utied high up into the open air, and one ofthe teeth
caught in a row-lock. The bluish pearl-white of the
innce of ttc ;aw was within six inches of AhaVs
head, and reached higher than that In this aim ode
il t W a ie \\ be e now shook the sbght cclar as a
nu'dlv ciuelcat her mouse. With unastotushed eyes
Pedailah gazed and crosse d his arms . but the tiger
yeilow crew were tun.bang over each other's heauj
ti. yaia tbe uttermost stern
s: d now. w bile both elastic eunwales were spring?
ing in and out, as the whale dallied wita tbe doomed
cralt in this deviTjah way and 'rom his body bemg
subBierged oecealh tre boat, he eoind not rii'darteo
ar frtm the bows, for the toas were rdsnoet meide of
him. as it were and while the other boats invoein
tanly paused, as before a quick crisis impossible to
withstand.'.hen it was that monomaniac Aaab, fu
ritus with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe. which
placed him ail sihe and helpless in the van jaws he
i.sttc frenzied with an this he seizedth? .V; t i> : e
?nh hi? r:.*fl h.u.< s. ?'.*. ?? M v strove to w renc 1
,nr, n tu ?nr* ??????? r ""'7
aw - u ifii ir.tn bim tr.e frail gunwales bent in.
?:,'. ?i an I m ipped H both, uv?.. 1,*?. M c,??.
w. ossh? a-?. sfrdmg further a't. Ml the c-r?? com?
pletely in twain, and locked themselves futagat>
u.U.' ra midw y ff????*?:*1 l*" ?" 1 ?"* '
11. m ?< ... i aaude, the broken ends unop.nc. tae
rrTwatthe itern-wreekclinging to the gun waie?.
,nc striving to ho d fejl to the oars to las.i .a I
hl ? at tu? lading aaaWSni, ere the boat w is Ml
marjMd, Ahab, the first to perceive the whale ? in
t.nt.tv the mfty upraising of h.ih?Um?v
U>i Doees li held let Ihe time a. that awment kit
1 aad I ao ni tdc ore final ssTort t,. pttsh the heed o a
... the bite. Rut only si ppwg further "??^^f
d? nth. und tilting over ?adsways aa it slipped, .ne
heat had shaken od his h-dd OB the ji^WlW him
?i .f it, u hi leaaid r Bai aale sat.
f.o id upon the sea. n ...
Ripnliatl) withdrawing from his prey. Moby-Ph k
BOW Ul at'alittle distance, vertically thmstiitj BIS
ol long Mbite head up and down in tbe billows and
.! ?;e time slow;\ r-M'lv.rig hi? whole spiad.cd
bod] BO that w hi n his I a-t w rmkle t forehead reco
Bocae twenty at more feetovt of the water- the
row rlatag swells, with all their confluent waves,
dassliagl) bnke against it vindictively tossing their
abiei it.; r..v still lughsr into the air Bo,ta a gale,
the but hau ba.fled Channel o::lo*s only recoil from
Um ? .or ol the E i lystoae, Btamphsatly to overleap
.1- limine! enfetters Mad
But soon res timing hts honzootal attitude, wo0y>
Dick swam <w:ftlv roand and round the wreonoit
crew tide ways ehornini the water in his vengeful
wake, as U lashing btnaaeli np to still another and
more deadly assaatt The sight of the splintered
beat seemed to madden 'urn. as the blood of grapes
ai d mtdbeneM cast before Anttochue'e etoplmitta In
Ihe booh ??! Maccabees Meanwhile A nab. naif
Mm Iberedhn tnc foamef the whale's insolent tail,
and too much ol a cripple to sw on?trious'h lie could
still k<< . afloat, even in the heart o: such t wahrt
pool a., that . helpless A hub's head was seen, like a
toss,., bubble which the east chance *hoeh might
burst Proas tbe boat's uagiuoalary stern. Fed.ui.th
incuriotn-Iv and u.ndiv eyed him the clinging crew,
at the other onft'Lg end. could not ?u. eorfiun more
lhaa aooogh waa it for them to look to themselves.
For SO revoirtngly appalling was the White Whale's
asi>eot?i.ndso pl.ihetarily swift theever contracting
circles nemade, thai he seemed horizontally swoop?
ing anon them. And though t*>e other boats,UB
I. on ed, .til] 1. vcre'1. bard by still thee dared not
pull into the eddy lo strike, lest that should be the
signal for theinstantdestruction of the.ieop osi/ed
castaways, tbab and all aar in that case could thai
themselves hepe to escape. With straining eyee.
thea, they rtmsiaed on tue outer edge of the <lire
f i leas, whose >?< atet had now ix-, ome the old man's
head.
Meantime, from th* beginning allthtshad been
eis rwdfiomthe ship's mast -heads sad squaring
bei v art's. ?i e ha.' b> rue down upon the scene . am
was now so nigh, that Ahab m the water hailed her
?" Bail on the?bul thit moment a breaku tad
dashed oa him from Moby-Dick, and wbaflsaea him
for the time. Hut straggling out of it aga.n. sad eh MC
i z to rise on a towering ort st, he shot.led?" Sail on
the whaie ' ?Drive bun Off'"
The Peqooa's prows were pointed; and bleaking
an the charmed circle, sic t factually parted the
white whale trom ins victim la he ssnlealy .swam
oi! the I t ; ts flew to the rescue
Dragged Into stubb's boat with MoodVa?ot,hlii lad
eve-, tbe white brmc caking in his wrinsles . the
Im g tension of Mi ill's bodily strength did cr.'.ck. and
hi Iplessl) he v iclded to his bodl '< doom . for a tune,
lying all tiusaed ia the bottom of itabb*s boat, hke
on* trodden under fool of herds of elephants Far
? '.-o .l. aaaieleM w ails1 aase from him, as desolate
sounds from out ravines
Here we will n tire fiotn the cheee, whichlaots
three dayB| not having a fancy to bain at the
death. Wo pun with the sdventaroui philo?
sophical Ishasael, truly thankful that the whale
did not tret Ins head, lor winch we an' indebted
lor this wildly imaginative and truly thrillin;
sforv. We thhtk it the best production which
has yet come irom that seething brain, ami r?
spite Ot its lawless flights, which put all regular
criticisiii at defiance. It ;.'tves us a higher 0,1110011
ol the author's originality a.id power than even
the lavonte and I'rn grant tirst-lruits ol lusgenius.
i] t in ver>to*be-forgotten Typee,
I" "'I'llK Hook ok Hohtl BlAOTT,'* bj
Mrs. KiBKLAttn. Ws hate rarely leen a more ele?
gant Specimen of the typographic art from the teem
ing press ol Putnam than this sumptuous holiday
voiume. The luxury of type, paper and bin 'mi"
wlin h it exhibits, form- an appropriate aocompam
meet to the gailer) of American portraits, on winch
it dept ads for iu chief attraction, of the fidelity of
the likenta.fj we do not pretend to jutlge . on this
p..int there was room for the indulgence of great
ideality by the artlat; his mteinion, we presume,
l.av tn| been to present eharacteristii- types of native
beautv rather than fao similes ol ttsS String originals
it. L-aided merely BS fancy pieces, in which light the
volumo has the most interest f..r the public, they are
spinird and agrteable productions of art, and will
be -.vi leonird as a beautiful New-Year's ornament o
tiir drawing room. The letter-press consists of a
graceful s'ory by Mrs. Kirkland, into which she
adroitly weavei m i oral brilliant aketchea of charac
ter. .mil a olended tissue of gayeties and gravities
together with a rieh boo.piot of poetical flowers
forming one of the most tasteful productions of her
.< r'atile pen. (<;. 1' I'utnani l
a ?
act? "Woman in unit Vamoob Rila?
i aas," by Mrs. L.O. \bell. This little volume is
lerbctlv baaaeeat of any leanings toward tue
BM data Woman Rights ichOOl. The daintiest c >ri
st iv.iti-m will i.nd nothing but rose-water in its in?
culcations, and need fear no revolution from ii- in
Sueace. The young housekeeper, who has never
i?.,r:.td her right hand from the left, may consult its
pages with assurance of receiving a flood of light.
I (tailswhich were never put oapsperbefore,are
here unfolded with a refreshing copiousness No
'..-p.. Ul omitted as unworthy the grave social didac
hesof the patient authoress, and if am tmeitcea
"i man thai! hereafter fail of cancni al propriety of
IIIIHiaillO. It Will not be for the vv ant of minute ia
itiuetioas (ISaso. pp. Mf. William Bosdridgs i
FT "< Ii r. (', ^ MPAIOM . OrTHOVOH i s iin I hk.
CaBBBI to l.iiK. 'by E. WiNtiit-rtR Ucy.nolds, is
iatcadad as a record ef the rciiectioni oe the diaet
I In e and career of life, which have (>een suggested
bv the facts of history, aud the revelations an I pre
adataof t hnstunity. The volume exhibits a high
BsOtal tone, a generous and hopeful spirit, a glewiag
rellfious faith, and an enthusiastic devolion to hu?
man progr? s*. Many passages betray the iiifluence
et ( haaatag, and other liberal thinkers, tr mb whose
wntitg? we have numerons appOSBtS .. lotation
huch works are wholesome and nutritious, besitbt
pfi s? nitkaj a favor..b> ?ign of the times. (l2mo. pp.
:. I. BoShaa I'hillips, Samp-on Ai Co. Sold bv
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tl " IIanh Hook oi Umitirsal Hio
..Hsi ii.," by I'abkk Godwin. This i? the fourth
voiume of I'utiism r Home fTyrlopodil, esssapih f from
.Maunder. Allen, Blake, Aikin, the gasjalupadls
Aniericana. and other authentic sources, with tbe .td
ditionof a large number of naraes.e.spe. Sadh ef A a r.
. ana, who have died riaee MtasSt works were pre?
pared. The editor has completed his task w ith con
...eiiilable diLget.ce, and ere. '.til a BSSJiaJ guide-po.t
m a universally mtrresting brain ft of literature.
[ISaaa. pp. Ml. 0.1', i'mnam >
IV We call tiie attention of anxious
gift hunters, and the disciples of St Nicholas in
general, to Francis A; Co 's ?' Lirrnn Liubabv,'' for
voting persona of various aires. It con-. ; of
a series of choice volumes by several favori.e wri?
ters for children, .Mrs. Hoffiand, Mrs. Child" Baas
Christian Anderten, and others who-? nan - . n
1 t.rrent with al! >oung ream rs. i< . s. i ran i
A to.)
Nkw Map ok the J'mikd StATBI UU)
CaNana - Mr. J. Disturnell of No. lTJBro.tia* i, .....
caiices a new Map of Ihe United States aad Caaa
da, of which we have seen someof the drawings, ,,: |
which promises to be as e egant aa it te useful. It is
to be on six sheets scale Ul miles to the in h i t
tending from Nova Scotiaon the east, to the . online
of 51issoi.ri on the west, to be about i i (eat
?quare. showing all the Carols and Railroads laadbld
and in progress of construction, m 1851, at weil as
all tiie navigable streams in< luded in the above sec
Uon of coontry 'ogether with Profiles of the most
important works of Internal Improvement. The
convenience of s Map indicating, as this will do ?i
ihe ave;. .es i ! .t.'.err.al emmuan ition on the I on
tment, must be very great, and we doubt not tin' the
pntilishei w ill have a large list of subscribers. The
? ? ? ii pr.ee is $5 for tbe Map warranted on
rollers ir S3 on riieetr.
ukh \ \i. hku CHILDRBM
Aa Address
rVaai tht Mntbett ?f tht f Huri? 4| rsBnsrdejnjJ
savsj (nag itseer iftew.
to thk rvnuc.
ClTtBSM iSl> l*ci >:rvme?
It is with fa lings ,,f ,-onfi.lrn < that wg
appeal to you fet swceos. your long-professed
j interest in thO Welfare Oi our people, iaduret
the hope ot il.! hi thhl r :i..-8tot;. you hat*
' often declared jour readme** to assist us whea.
; ?\er we presenti III ? ,|v Bfad practica', remedy
I fortho evils wo coroploia of, and tttia h*s led to
the pre ect w: : we now present
VTe need not lata i into detailed arg i nentato
convince yon < ftho necessity ol this ass.vciation,
j or the feasibility ol its obxct. We base well
considered ill the ttahswMoa inrulental to a sue
rooatjaj prcsec it ion a| i or plan neither arc we at*
basjavj by an> in w ore for our people, or the co in,
trv selected, I f we Ihm long p< attend ott ths
ai > iii.ileus po?it ?: th..t we .ire ... . up-.iug In tin
J country, and ha\e longhoos convinced of the nerea,
s:ty of action on ? ur part?of practical, energetic
..ud common soaO action, that would sasaaaj tha
! spprobatton and COdpaTOthsn of every friend af
freedom.
The fact that our enterprise is but now j .,; forth,
should not pre oi In e H in the evc? of tha comma
' n'.ty, as the difficulties we labor under must be
? familial to the most CStfBOl observer
Thl part i s co: ij sit k this Association, although
ci;uallv li tt rested w:t!i others of our people, hast
; taken I nt little part in proceedings that have gej
for their object the -bettering of our rr uiiin,?
We have bksnooteaotabooncontenttoleekenaal
I acquiesce in the si h? nies ttiat ptOUBtaad de.it?.
' ance we did bf pc. though faintly, thai ? MsesgOjaj
might grow out ot their proceeding- rrhi i weeMsJ
' least make our poeSBOB sOlorBbla but ahm! ttit
, fond, faint hope hai Btoeod abortiv,-, thl m<l e
I disappeared, and our dream is tell to huvt leOng
delusion.
We deem it proper, for the better in/ormationat
' those we address, to stale a few facts which caenes
the lormation of this Association. 1 irst I ae limited
means ot some, end extreme povcitvof others nt as,
! who desire to eougrate to the coeet of Africa.
Secondly The necessity of developing the agrcul
tural resourc?.- ol the country, as a means of attract
i ing and giving security to the eotlgrantS going out
' there. Thirdly And Knowing, as we do, that ann
! culture forme but a small pert of Aftrican ineVssoy,
j (tor reasons which we shall presently shetej we
j ii el the call Li ipei it relj ma lo oa as to ivmedy tins
! glaring evil Wi wen in hopes that the American
i i olonizatioo Sei tety, which h.e? charge of Liberia,
I would have accomplished the end desired, but un
; fortunately our people will not confide in those
whoee motivei they mistrust, ao ma'ter want the
j inducement. And while we, as individuals and ss
aa organized body, cheerfully give credit and] fee!
i thankful for all toe ssetitnnce rendered that bs
: righted country, whoee ven axislonce dales fron?
, the N nevolen ? and disinterested exertions pot
! forth by that Society, get, na colored .a. ho ius>
; lice to oursclv es .ok: the hundred millloaa inhatw
I ing Africa, w< c t admit that organisation t>hj
Millu lent to work out the hnal destiny Of the Afnesa
race We have thought, and still think, that such a
mission belongs lo ue, ?he colored hshshttanfa ol
America, acting ipontanaonaly and together
i he slow ptoci s- oi emigration to ?berie lufhorso,
must precluce tne hope Ol a great and healthy BOS*
i ij irein that ioi reo ind the deep tooled preju
dteea m the Lusciasof our people will ever make
them tardy in i na i u ii : tnat >oc e*v .o a benefac?
tor, kavtng their good and thatot Africa at heart,
kecordii giy, ihe Boetaiji must depend, m rnootoaaio.
1 on manumitted slaves for emigrants and rtaaeelks
obvious to all t lint tbej are not qualified to success
tnllv civilize Africa It il lio>onous that the Igno?
rance ot s| lie- iv pk aded as an excuse f?r ?lavery:
I is it, then, reasonable to suppose them hotter Itaal
to cuili/e th, barbarian than to enjoy freedom
among a civilized peopleI It takes a cultivated
people to teach tin uncisltirated and to this we Hunk
we hear the concurrent assent of every < eloiiin
1 1 nisi Lot Colonirattoniets then assist no As we
are thf 1 hi/ U i s,111 ia"* .uteri -'? d 111 the prosperey
of Liberia, we have no fear that emigrants will ha
wanting. Weonlj learthataaeanamuj aotbefeeei
to provide (or them ? suitable reception
Ore of the great disadvantages attending the f'ol?
onisatioa Society is. that the persooi eompoesag it
are so eOBStitUtcd and situated 111 lite, that it is im?
possible for them to affiliate in sentimeat ami ivn
pathywaih the Imigran ts going out to Liberia. A
second disadvantage thev labor under 1- the im?
mense unpopularity of their doctrine with the in?
telligent portion ol colored persons The third is,
' their mobility 1 approaching the colored poopli so
j as to lay their claims libderstaiidmgly before them.
The fouith is. that two-thirds ol those who hare
gone were ineih d by glowing picture! of wealth and
1 prosperity, ai d w lien tliey air. -i I in Li eiia, they
found many there who. from eiperienc , were more
! capable o! securing tins promise I wealth, power
I and honor than thev, who hai just landed. Phey
found the entire trade sn the hands of monopolies,
! and their only nbance wee to peddle tor those who
i were already estabbsbod It is, am mg some good
j triei.ds of Africa, a subject of wondi r whv the aoai?
1 grants on their arrival do not betake themselves u?
larnnng instead ot pe Idling ae they do, fur others.
Parties Inne said to us, " Whv don't ttiey do as our
western fanners often have done, who have gone
out into the woods w nh hv e dollars tor a commence?
ment, and in the course of 1 fen jeers kave bsb>
mulali d handsome propertil -
Now, there is rio analogy ai e Iber country, pso
ple, or situat on in those two easea 4 men c.anjo
into one of the Western States Wllh live dollars UI
readj caih, orwith only a respectable character ss
his capital and can get board with some of his neigh?
bors on eredil promising them a perttontef hM
1 ropi when barvi sled for ike nay men) of his board,
he can give cays' labor for all the assistance he may
miuire, end even ti al lakeeupiesothan ball his time.
he will stui possei - m amount ot produoe equnl te nsH
Ins labor, which woiiM he SXitlicient 10 keep nun, say
nine ol the twelve ?m ceedsng montki Thon bt the
Winter bocanbusj himiell with the cloartag of more
hind, the wood cut from wluoti would be marketable
either as fire wood, timber, or ashes, end his time of
recreation could he ipent in shooting wildgasae,asj
of which finds a read , market. In a word, tne farm?
er here is surrounded by wealth and conveniences,
where is the Llborinn farmer is sorroonded ny Igno?
rance, poverty, and lise, *' .Now we ask.canauy
practical man wondi 1 at tne non-euItivatton of the
African soil' It Is very easy for gentlemen fault?
finders to say that this or thl ' one lacks energy, and
hence their lei are but we beg to remind taw Hist
energy without mcsni would be like an engine
without steam . and this makes Ihe fifth greetdissfe
rantege the Colonizatwe leciety labors under.?
! or wli. nan ind.-., ? - the means and BOOBS'
sit] ot returning to the 1 1. ted States in eonseojuonos
of not being at Ie to rfem the f ie of monopoly IB
faci . or si.ee? ed . tarn mg urder so many dinabll
|ti?s, be OnmmflBf f i ?h- OBMBBtienof a I i manner
of lib? bt, as reasons 'or his returning, and the con?
sequence is thai tbouseradi who otherwise wo.nd
bavogono, are di-co'iraged and frighteaeil out of
their teases,tbankhag uodtlintthey hareossnpsn
?he aWBgir od? fiurror- that a distorted brain is
capable of creating and they then very naturally
look open the whole scheme as a rile deeepttoegj
intended tal tlx Ii paiti ular aM?hilalmn
it I-to over onethess dissdvantageeBhatwetmy
poet the Society w.uat least lend us it- iiiiluence,
tor we ciUir,?,i rar B B OBJkBBt doubt tha' its object is
our elevation and tin civilisation of Aim ?nd it
thai is its o- ;cct.. will re t lily second any praiiteaj
tree t. that baa that and in VWW. Anil as we hare
show b, from the mistaken views ot that body, sell
tne ability ef then emigrants, has resulted all ihr
1 iy now attached to the Uborieni for m>t eulBV
rating tbe soil And as the general cultivation of
? he soil is mspoeeibia under trie present circuiiisun
ces. we baroorgai .< I for the purpoee o' cement
ing that hrokea link m the grand chain ?>f success
W1 therefore intend the general promulgation ef
our riewBthioughout tbe lei gtn and breadth of thai
country, and the establishing of auxiliary assocbv
t on fur that purpose, v\ s putposs m iking otetss*
ual appeals to yon tosoMaiarsi in Ibis our auder
takuig We fournd this as anappeal lor helptocom
irience w ith We r urnose instantly sending to Libe?
ria an agentfor the trnnsaeti it of our businsss, whs
?hall be a practical (armor and otherwise coeipe
i'i t, for the -ii cr setul execution ol the iiistrucuons
he will reo? ive from our Board of Directors. >"ch **.
the aogotialins f r 1 r.n.?.- ef land, tne clearing ?oJ
culiirating ofthe same the building o' house?, BB
the reception ot ? grants on their arrival ia the
eoontry. sei Be .in ngodncts of Use eiitivsisd
l.ind will be appri i '...ii d for emigrants IB SBkSBl
on until their f.rs harvert, so as to ena de them 10
devoti iLemn rrscwtture We intend to
u?e the surplus , rr. uu 's ,1? the farms for the main*
ttiiar.ee of the Wi Ie * - and orphans ofdoi -ased ca
Vraiits'when the r s'fi.ations n .iv r /.ire it,1 the
education o| the sri- ?, and for s.;h ol purposes gen?
erally. We inten, ui-patching. as soo.i as we oh
laia sufleieat funds, some ifty emigrants, who ehaw
possess all the requisite staiu na for the building
up of our lepetetioB its to BgrkeuJtnral sbtMty**
We katimd. as far as practicable,exploring theeoea>'
try. end IBtaMtlhing a fr.endl? intercourse *Uk
tke nativee of the mtartor, with a now to bryhaj
th. intorinatir.il thus kwfrod before tlx peilic and
a a nil resssrk tirrn. tkiil v,( etitertamaolrarsfora
laShrhsi torv ras alt
Wo have been organ Bed B M fMU weaka, and
are now a BBBBeroue ind ineioastag Assoc ation
\uiongiis bpsmorhenlfs, praetacnlrepresentatives
ot the var.ot.s BMChankcnl br n hes |l*ces^ary for
the mccBosfnl d* rslnpenem ef the resources of e
I., w ce.ui.try And as we said in the ?..: ttneiicr
inent. we have not hast?y maife up our SSaasa^Or
ondertnkentheptoaecuxkmol this eaterprsse wita
??.t Cue refer, m e r. .?, ? 1 ?* 11 be
i kLed upon to surmount Wi kavn conversedee>