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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 [1851], Moby-Dick, or, The whale. (Harper & Brothers, New York) [word count] [eaf642T].
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CONTENTS.

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Chap.

Page


I. —Loomings 1

II. —The Carpet Bag. 7

III. —The Spouter-Inn 11

IV. —The Counterpane 28

V. —Breakfast 32

VI. —The Street 35

VII. —The Chapel 37

VIII. —The Pulpit 41

IX. —The Sermon 44

X. —A Bosom Friend 54

XI. —Nightgown 58

XII. —Biographical 61

XIII. —Wheelbarrow 63

XIV. —Nantucket 69

XV. —Chowder 71

XVI. —The Ship 75

XVII. —The Ramadan 91

XVIII. —His Mark 97

XIX. —The Prophet 102

XX. —All Astir 106

XXI. —Going Aboard 108

XXII. —Merry Christmas 112

XXIII. —The Lee Shore 117

XXIV. —The Advocate 118

XXV. —Postscript. 124

XXVI. —Knights and Squires. 125

XXVII. —Knights and Squires. 128

XXVIII. —Ahab 133

XXIX. —Enter Ahab; to him,
Stubb 137

XXX. —The Pipe 141

XXXI. —Queen Mab 142

XXXII. —Cetology 144

XXXIII. —The Specksynder 159

XXXIV. —The Cabin Table 162

XXXV. —The Mast-Head. 169

XXXVI. —The Quarter-Deck.
Ahab and all. 176

XXXVII. —Sunset 185

XXXVIII. —Dusk 186

XXXIX. —First Night-Watch 188

XL. —Forecastle. — Midnight
189

XLI. —Moby Dick 196

XLII. —The Whiteness of
the Whale 207

XLIII. —Hark! 217

XLIV. —The Chart 218

XLV. —The Affidavit 224

XLVI. —Surmises 234

XLVII. —The Mat-Maker 237

XLVIII. —The First Lowering 240

XLIX. —The Hyena 252

L. —Ahab's Boat and
Crew—Fedallah. 255

LI. —The Spirit-Spout 258

LII. —The Pequod meets
the Albatross. 262

LIII. —The Gam. 264

LIV. —The Town Ho's
Story 269

LV. —Monstrous Pictures
of Whales. 292

LVI. —Less Erroneous Pictures
of Whales 298

LVII. —Of Whales in Paint,
in Teeth, &c. 302

LVIII. —Brit. 305

LIX. —Squid 308

LX. —The Line. 311

LXI. —Stubb kills a Whale 315

LXII. —The Dart. 321

LXIII. —The Crotch 322

LXIV. —Stubb's Supper 324

LXV. —The Whale as a
Dish 333

LXVI. —The Shark Massacre
336

LXVII. —Cutting In 338

LXVIII. —The Blanket 340

LXIX. —The Funeral. 343

LXX. —The Sphynx. 345

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LXXI. —The Pequod meets
the Jeroboam.
Her Story 348

LXXII. —The Monkey-rope 355

LXXIII. —Stubb & Flask kill
a Right Whale. 360

LXXIV. —The Sperm Whale's
Head 366

LXXV. —The Right Whale's
Head. 371

LXXVI. —The Battering Ram 374

LXXVII. —The Great Heidelburgh
Tun 377

LXXVIII. —Cistern and Buckets
379

LXXIX. —The Praire 384

LXXX. —The Nut 387

LXXXI. —The Pequod meets
the Virgin 390

LXXXII. —The Honor and
Glory of Whaling
402

LXXXIII. —Jonah Historically
Regarded 406

LXXXIV. —Pitchpoling. 408

LXXXV. —The Fountain 411

LXXXVI. —The Tail 417

LXXXVII. —The Grand Armada.
422

LXXXVIII. —Schools & Schoolmasters
436

LXXXIX. —Fast Fish and
Loose Fish 440

XC. —Heads or Tails 444

XCI. —The Pequod meets
the Rose Bud 447

XCII. —Ambergris 455

XCIII. —The Castaway 458

XCIV. —A Squeeze of the
Hand. 463

XCV. —The Cassock 467

XCVI. —The Try-Works 468

XCVII. —The Lamp 474

XCVIII. —Stowing Down &
Clearing Up 474

XCIX. —The Doubloon. 478

C. —The Pequod meets
the Samuel Enderby
of London 485

CI. —The Decanter 493

CII. —A Bower in the Arsacides.
498

CIII. —Measurement of the
Whale's Skeleton 503

CIV. —The Fossil Whale. 506

CV. —Does the Whale Diminish?
510

CVI. —Ahab's Leg 515

CVII. —The Carpenter 518

CVIII. —The Deck. Ahab
and the Carpenter 521

CIX. —The Cabin. Ahab
and Starbuck 526

CX. —Queequeg in his
Coffin 529

CXI. —The Pacific 535

CXII. —The Blacksmith 537

CXIII. —The Forge 540

CXIV. —The Gilder 544

CXV. —The Pequod meets
the Bachelor 546

CXVI. —The Dying Whale. 549

CXVII. —The Whale-Watch. 550

CXVIII. —The Quadrant 552

CXIX. —The Candles. 555

CXX. —The Deck 562

CXXI. —Midnight, on the
Forecastle 563

CXXII. —Midnight, Aloft. 565

CXXIII. —The Musket. 565

CXXIV. —The Needle 569

CXXV. —The Log and Line. 573

CXXVI. —The Life-Buoy 577

CXXVII. —Ahab and the Carpenter
581

CXXVIII. —The Pequod meets
the Rachel 583

CXXIX. —The Cabin. Ahab
and Pip 587

CXXX. —The Hat 589

CXXXI. —The Pequod meets
the Delight 594

CXXXII. —The Symphony. 596

CXXXIII. —The Chase. First
Day 601

CXXXIV. —The Chase. Second
Day 611

CXXXV. —The Chase. Third
Day 621

Epilogue

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 [1851], Moby-Dick, or, The whale. (Harper & Brothers, New York) [word count] [eaf642T].
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