Introduction

Ahab ordered the ship's course to be slightly altered and the sail to be shortened. The whale was seen some mile or so ahead, at every roll of the sea,. revealing his high, sparkling hump and regularly jetting his silent spout into the air. Ahab had now gained his final perch above the other lookouts, hashtigo standing just beneath him on the cap of the top gallant mast. He raised a gull like cry in the air: There she blows, there she blows. It is moby dick.