The Seasons of Sperm Whales

Muby dick had, in a former year, been seen on what is called the sea shell ground in the indian ocean, or volcano bay on the japanese coast. Yet it did not follow that were the pequod to visit either of those spots at any sub sequent corresponding season, she would infallibly encounter him there. In general, thi ame remark only within a less wide limit applies to the solitaries and hermits along the matured, aged sperm whales. There also was that tragic spot where the monomaniac old man had found the awful motive to his vengeancs. The waves were storied with his deeds.