The Harpoon and the Lance Are a Great Pair of Weapons

The harpoon may be pitch pulled in the same way with the lance, yet it is seldom done. It is still less frequently successful on account of the greater weight and inferior length of the harpoon as compared to the lance. Therefore, you must first get fast to a whale fore any pitch polling comes into play. Look now at stubb, a man who, from his humorous, deliberate coolness and equanimity in the direst emergencies, was specially qualified to excel in pitch polling. He minds you somewhat of a juggler balancing a long staff on his chin. Next moment, with a rapid, nameless impulse, in a superb lofty arch, the bright steel spans