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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter XLIII · Hark!

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Hist!
Did you hear that noise, Cabaco?”
It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.
In this manner, they passed the buckets to fill the scuttle-butt.
Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.
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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter XLIII · Hark!

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Reading 1/6 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Hist!
Line 2
Did you hear that noise, Cabaco?”
Line 3
It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.
Line 4
In this manner, they passed the buckets to fill the scuttle-butt.
Line 5
Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.
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a

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

buckets

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From this reading In this manner, they passed the buckets to fill the scuttle-butt.

butts

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

Cabaco

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From this reading Did you hear that noise, Cabaco?”

careful

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

cordon

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

Did

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From this reading Did you hear that noise, Cabaco?”

extending

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

fair

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

feet

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

fill

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From this reading In this manner, they passed the buckets to fill the scuttle-butt.

for

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

fresh-water

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

from

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

hallowed

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

hear

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From this reading Did you hear that noise, Cabaco?”

Hist

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From this reading “Hist!

in

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

It

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

manner

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From this reading In this manner, they passed the buckets to fill the scuttle-butt.

middle-watch

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

moonlight

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

most

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

near

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

noise

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From this reading Did you hear that noise, Cabaco?”

not

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

of

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

on

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

one

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

or

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

part

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

passed

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From this reading In this manner, they passed the buckets to fill the scuttle-butt.

precincts

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

quarter-deck

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

rustle

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

scuttle-butt

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

seamen

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

speak

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

standing

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

taffrail

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

that

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From this reading Did you hear that noise, Cabaco?”

the

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

their

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From this reading Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.

they

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From this reading In this manner, they passed the buckets to fill the scuttle-butt.

this

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From this reading In this manner, they passed the buckets to fill the scuttle-butt.

to

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

waist

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

was

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

were

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From this reading It was the middle-watch; a fair moonlight; the seamen were standing in a cordon, extending from one of the fresh-water butts in the waist, to the scuttle-butt near the taffrail.

you

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From this reading Did you hear that noise, Cabaco?”