MOBY-DICK; OR, THE WHALE. BY HERMAN MELVILLE, AUTHOR OF “TYPEE,” “OMOO,” “REDBURN,” “MARDI,” “WHITE-JACKET.” NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY. 1851. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by HERMAN MELVILLE, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This Book is Inscribed TO NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. CONTENTS. _Chap._ I.—Loomings II.—The Carpet Bag III.—The Spouter-Inn IV.—The Counterpane V.—Breakfast VI.—The Street VII.—The Chapel VIII.—The Pulpit IX.—The Sermon X.—A Bosom Friend XI.—Nightgown XII.—Biographical XIII.—Wheelbarrow XIV.—Nantucket XV.—Chowder XVI.—The Ship XVII.—The Ramadan XVIII.—His Mark XIX.—The Prophet XX.—All Astir XXI.—Going Aboard XXII.—Merry Christmas XXIII.—The Lee Shore XXIV.—The Advocate XXV.—Postscript XXVI.—Knights and Squires XXVII.—Knights and Squires XXVIII.—Ahab XXIX.—Enter Ahab; to him, Stubb XXX.—The Pipe XXXI.—Queen Mab XXXII.—Cetology XXXIII.—The Specksnyder XXXIV.—The Cabin Table XXXV.—The Mast-Head XXXVI.—The Quarter-Deck. Ahab and all XXXVII.—Sunset XXXVIII.—Dusk XXXIX.—First Night-Watch XL.—Forecastle—Midnight XLI.—Moby Dick XLII.—The Whiteness of the Whale XLIII.—Hark! XLIV.—The Chart XLV.—The Affidavit XLVI.—Surmises XLVII.—The Mat-Maker XLVIII.—The First Lowering XLIX.—The Hyena L.—Ahab’s Boat and Crew—Fedallah LI.—The Spirit-Spout LII.—The Pequod meets the Albatross LIII.—The Gam LIV.—The Town-Ho’s Story LV.—Monstrous Pictures of Whales LVI.—Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales LVII.—Of Whales in Paint, in Teeth, &c. LVIII.—Brit LIX.—Squid LX.—The Line LXI.—Stubb Kills a Whale LXII.—The Dart LXIII.—The Crotch LXIV.—Stubb’s Supper LXV.—The Whale as a Dish