The White Whale's Last Start

Ahab and his crew were chased by a white whale for three days. The sharks bit at the plying oars, leaving small splinters in the sea. Ahab was so enraged that he darted an iron dart into the whale's flank. Three of the men on board were thrown from their seats as they tried to hold onto the gunwall with all their might. But one man managed to clamber back aboard; another dropped astern but still afloat. At length it came to this: 'I see the ship, the ship dash on my men'