The boat rose and fell on the billowing surface of the high seas, in heady pursuit of the white leviathan that was to prove its undoing. Ahead, the ferocious whale wheeled off its course with an almighty surge, reared up, and charged at the crew. Its gigantic body and terrible flukes breaking and beating against the water, the sea creature known by the name of Mocha Dick bore down on boat, ‘jaws on.’ The men held their breath; it was to be their last.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
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