
Moby Dick - Chapters 101 and 102
Phoebe Reads a Mystery
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The Siron, a Sloop of War Rattler, Was Named After the Enderbys
In 18 19, the same house fitted out discovery whaleship of their own to go on a tasting cruise to the remote waters of japan. And it was thus that the great japanese whaling ground first became generally known as the siron. The ship named after him was worthy of the honour, being a very fast sailor and a noble craft every way. I boarded her once at midnight somewhere off the patago an coast, and drank good flip down in the forecastle. Did i say we had flip? Yes. And we flipped at the rate of ten gallons the hour. We were so heavy that we had to swing each other aloft in bow lines. And we ignor
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