CHAPTER 72 The Monkey-Rope “It must be said that the monkey-rope was fast at both ends; fast to Queequeg’s broad canvas belt, and fast to...

CHAPTER 71 The Jeroboam’s Story “Moby Dick was fairly sighted from the mast-heads, Macey, the chief mate, burned with ardor to encounter...

CHAPTERS 69 and 70 The Funeral and The Sphynx “Thou hast been where bell or diver never went; hast slept by many a sailor’s side, where...

CHAPTER 68 The Blanket “Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in...

CHAPTERs 66 and 67. The Shark Massacre and Cutting In “This done, a broad, semicircular line is cut round the hole, the hook is inserted,...

CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish “That mortal man should feed upon the creature that feeds his lamp, and, like Stubb, eat him by his own...

CHAPTER 64. Stubb’s Supper “Cook,” said Stubb, rapidly lifting a rather reddish morsel to his mouth, “don’t you think this steak is...

CHAPTERS 62 and 63. The Dart and the Crotch “Out of the trunk, the branches grow; out of them, the twigs. So, in productive subjects,...

CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale “Wet the line! wet the line!” cried Stubb to the tub oarsman (him seated by the tub) who, snatching off...

CHAPTER 60. The Line “But why say more? All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is...

CHAPTER 59. Squid “As with a low sucking sound it slowly disappeared again, Starbuck still gazing at the agitated waters where it had...

CHAPTER 58. Brit “Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and...

CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars “Long exile from Christendom and...

Chapter 55: Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales “For all these reasons, then, any way you may look at it, you must needs conclude that...

Chapter 54: The Town-Ho’s Story “For my humor’s sake, I shall preserve the style in which I once narrated it at Lima, to a lounging...

Chapter 53: The Gam “GAM. NOUN—A social meeting of two (or more) Whaleships, generally on a cruising-ground; when, after exchanging...

Chapter 52: The Albatross “Round the world! There is much in that sound to inspire proud feelings; but whereto does all that...

Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout “It was while gliding through these latter waters that one serene and moonlight night, when all the waves...

Chapter 50: Ahab’s Boat and Crew: Fedallah “Who would have thought it, Flask!” cried Stubb; “if I had but one leg you would not catch me...

Chapter 49: The Hyena “There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole...